PETER BARTLETT peter.bartlett@nottingham.ac.uk
Nottingham Healthcare Nhs Trust Professor of Mental Health Law
The test of compulsion in mental health law: capacity, therapeutic benefit, and dangerousness as criteria for compulsion
Bartlett, Peter
Authors
Abstract
This paper considers three possible justifications for psychiatric compulsion - dangerousness, capacity and therapeutic benefit.
Citation
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 |
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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 | 0967-0742 |
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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