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Mental health law in nursing / Richard Murphy and Philip Wales.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Murphy, Richard (Mental health services administrator), author.
- Wales, Philip (Mental health services administrator), author.
- Series:
- Sage knowledge.
- Transforming nursing practice
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Great Britain. Mental Health Act 1983.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain. Mental Health Act 2007.
- Mental health laws--England--Textbooks.
- Mental health laws.
- Mental health laws--Wales--Textbooks.
- Psychiatric nursing--Great Britain--Textbooks.
- Psychiatric nursing.
- Psychiatric nursing--Great Britain--Examinations--Study guides.
- Psychiatric Nursing--legislation & jurisprudence--Great Britain.
- Medical Subjects:
- Great Britain. Mental Health Act 2007.
- Psychiatric Nursing--legislation & jurisprudence--Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (197 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Los Angeles : Sage ; London : Learning Matters, 2013.
- Summary:
- Mental health nursing students need to understand their legal duties towards all clients, including specific laws for care of detained patients. Yet these laws can be comples, confusing, and difficult to relate to the reality of nursing care. This book is a clear guide to the Mental Health Act and Code of Practice which explains the specific duties, responsibilities and powers of mental health nurses and the care of detained patients in particular. It explains the most frequently encountered parts of the Act and Code and clarifies common misunderstandings. It outlines dilemmas faced by nurses which may arise from possible conflicting responsibilities. It also gives an introduction to other major legal considerations that mental health nursing students need.
- Contents:
- chapter 1. Mental health nursing and mental health law
- chapter 2. Patients' rights
- chapter 3. Professional roles and responsibilities
- chapter 4. Admission and detention in hospital
- chapter 5. Medical treatment for mental disorder
- chapter 6. Leave from hospital
- chapter 7. Supervised community treatment
- part 8. Courts and police powers
- chapter 9. Best practice and the Mental Health Act : leadership and care
- chapter 10. Tribunals and managers' hearings.
- Notes:
- Part of the SAGE Knowledge collection.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-187) and index.
- Description based on MARC record for print version.
- Other Format:
- Print version :
- ISBN:
- 9781526401731 (ebook) :
- OCLC:
- 1017732518
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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