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Mental health and disability law in a nutshell / by Donald H.J. Hermann.
LIBRA KF3828.Z9 H47 1997
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hermann, Donald H. J.
- Series:
- Nutshell series
- West nutshell series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mental health laws--United States.
- Mental health laws.
- United States.
- Insanity (Law)--United States--Jurisprudence.
- Insanity (Law).
- Jurisprudence.
- Physical Description:
- xxxv, 375 pages ; 19 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- St. Paul, Minn. : West Pub. Co., 1997.
- Summary:
- Mental Health Professionals; Mental Disorders; Clinical Psychiatric Evidence; Medical Malpractice, Negligence and Other Tort Theories; Informed Consent; Confidentiality, Privacy, and Patient Access to Records; Right to Counsel and Advocacy Services; Civil Commitment; Right to Refuse and Consent to Psychiatric Treatment in the Civil Commitment Context; Right to Treatment; Guardianship; Competency to Stand Trial; Mental Condition and Criminal Defenses; Mental Condition and Sentencing; Right to Refuse and Consent to Psychiatric Treatment in the Criminal Context: Fitness to be Executed; Protection of the Mentally, Disabled from Employment Discrimination; Housing and Zoning; Education of Mentally Handicapped; Social Security Disability Benefits.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0314065466
- OCLC:
- 36573721
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