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Refusing care : forced treatment and the rights of the mentally ill / Elyn R. Saks.
LIBRA RC343 .S245 2002
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Saks, Elyn R., 1955-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Involuntary treatment.
- Mental illness--Treatment.
- Mental illness.
- Commitment of Mentally Ill.
- United States.
- Mental Competency.
- Mental Disorders--diagnosis.
- Restraint, Physical.
- Treatment Refusal.
- Medical Subjects:
- Commitment of Mentally Ill.
- United States.
- Mental Competency.
- Mental Disorders--diagnosis.
- Restraint, Physical.
- Treatment Refusal.
- Physical Description:
- x, 304 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2002.
- Summary:
- Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Doctors and Lawyers: Why Can't We All Just Get Along? 2. Mental Illness: Making Myths or Genuine Disorders? 3. Civil Commitment: How Civil? 4. The Right to Refuse Medication: When Can I Just Say No? 5. Seclusion: The Path of Least Resistance? 6. Mechanical Restraints: Loosening the Bonds 7. Incompetency and Impairment: Choices Made, Choices Denied 8. Self-Binding: Ulysses at the Mast 9. Conclusion Notes References Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-291) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0226733971
- OCLC:
- 49704725
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