Legislation on Coercive Mental Health Care in Europe: Legal Documents and Comparative Assessment of Twelve European Countries

ISBN-13: 9783631554463 / Angielski / Leather / fine binding / 2006 / 408 str.

Thomas W. Kallert;Francisco Torres-Gonzalez

Spis treści

Contents: Detailed compilation of all national regulations concerning coercive treatment measures in adult psychiatry in twelve European countries - Comparative legal and clinical assessment on the extensive information provided for each national context - The aim of harmonizing the legal situation of coercive treatment across Europe.

O autorze

The Editors: Thomas W. Kallert is head of the Dresden mental health services research group, co-ordinator of the EC-funded «EUNOMIA»-project on coercion in psychiatry, and Professor of Psychiatry at the Dresden University of Technology.
Francisco Torres-González is director of the Andalusian mental health services research group, co-ordinator of the MARISTAN-network, head of the Department of Psychiatry/Legal Medicine, and Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Granada (Spain).