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The test of compulsion in mental health law: capacity, therapeutic benefit, and dangerousness as criteria for compulsion

Bartlett, Peter

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Abstract

This paper considers three possible justifications for psychiatric compulsion - dangerousness, capacity and therapeutic benefit.

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Bartlett, P. (2003). The test of compulsion in mental health law: capacity, therapeutic benefit, and dangerousness as criteria for compulsion. Medical Law Review, 11(3), https://doi.org/10.1093/medlaw/11.3.326

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jan 1, 2003
Deposit Date Aug 21, 2012
Publicly Available Date Aug 21, 2012
Journal Medical Law Review
Print ISSN 0967-0742
Electronic ISSN 1464-3790
Publisher Oxford University Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 11
Issue 3
DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/medlaw/11.3.326
Keywords mental health law
compulsion
dangerousness
mental capacity
therapeutic benefit
psychiatric detention
civil committal
compulsory treatment
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1022264
Publisher URL http://medlaw.oxfordjournals.org/content/11/3/326
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, 11(3) (2003), 326-352, is available online at: http://medlaw.oxfordjournals.org/content/11/3/326

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