New Zealand's Mental Health Act in Practice
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- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
9 January 2013
Summary
The Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act turns 21 this year – how is it used, and does it need to change? New Zealand’s Mental Health Act in Practice constitutes a thorough, non-governmental review of the workings of the Act. It provides a rounded portrait of the implementation of New Zealand’s compulsory assessment and treatment regime, set within its wider legal context – a portrait drawn by clinicians and consumers, lawyers and officials, nurses and social scien…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780864739049 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0864739044 |
| Author: | Dawson/Glendhil, Kris Gledhill, Dawson, Glendhil |
| Publisher: | Te Herenga Waka University Press |
| Imprint: | Victoria University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 9 January 2013 |
| Weight: | 836g |
| Dimensions: | 238mm x 170mm |
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About The Author
Dawson/Glendhil
John Dawson is a Professor of Law at the University of Otago, with a particular interest in mental health law; he has published widely on the law governing involuntary psychiatric treatment, and legal relations between mental health professionals and their clients. He was a principal investigator in the Otago Community Treatment Order Study.
Kris Gledhill is a barrister, a senior lecturer in law at The University of Auckland, and the inaugural Director of the New Zealand Centre for Human Rights Law, Policy and Practice. His research interests include mental health law, particularly forensic risk assessment and the regulation of its use in the legal arena; and comparative human rights law, particularly its impact on mental health law.
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