Refusing care : forced treatment and the rights of the mentally ill /
"It has been said that how a society treats its least fortunate members speaks volumes about its humanity. If so, our treatment of the mentally ill may suggest that American society is in many senses inhumane: swinging between overintervention and utter neglect, we sometimes force extreme treat...
Основен автор: | Saks, Elyn R., 1955- |
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Формат: | Електронна книга |
Език: | English |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
℗♭2002.
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Refusing care. |
Съдържание:
- 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. Imcompetency and impairment: choices made, choices denied
- 8. Self-binding: Ulysess at the mast
- 9. Conclusion.