Psychiatric treatment: in the absence of law?: R (on the application of B) v. Ashworth Hospital Authority and another, [2005] U.K.H.L. 20

Bartlett, Peter

Abstract

This case concerns the scope of the compulsory treatment provisions of the Mental Health Act 1983. In particular, it determines whether persons confined under that Act may be compulsorily treated for any mental disorder or only for the form of mental disorder justifying their confinement.

Citation

Bartlett, P. (2006). Psychiatric treatment: in the absence of law?: R (on the application of B) v. Ashworth Hospital Authority and another, [2005] U.K.H.L. 20. Medical Law Review, 15(1), https://doi.org/10.1093/medlaw/fwi037

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2006
• Deposit Date: Aug 21, 2012
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 21, 2012
• Journal: Medical Law Review
• Print ISSN: 0967-0742
• Electronic ISSN: 0967-0742
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 15
• Issue: 1
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/medlaw/fwi037
• Keywords: Mental Health Act 1983; compulsory treatment
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1018675
• Publisher URL: http://medlaw.oxfordjournals.org/content/14/1/124.full
• Additional Information: This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Medical Law Review following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version: Medical Law Review, 14(1) (2006), 122-31, is available online at: http://medlaw.oxfordjournals.org/content/14/1/124.full