New Law and Ethics in Mental Health Advance Directives: The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Right to Choose

ISBN-13: 9780415532945 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 208 str.

Penelope Weller

Opis

The recognition of positive rights and the growing impact of human rights principles has recently orchestrated a number of reforms in mental health law, bringing increasing entitlement to an array of health services. In this book, Weller considers the relationship between human rights and mental health law, and the changing attitudes which have led to the recognition of a right to demand treatment internationally.

Spis treści

Introduction: The Right to Choose. Part I: The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. A Quiet Revolution. The Social Model of Disability. Non-discrimination and Informed Consent. Part II: Mental Health Advance Directives. The Genesis of a Movement. Ontario, Canada and the Principle of Choice. Mental Health Advance Directives in England and Wales. Advance 'Statements' in Scotland. Policy Development in Australia and New Zealand. Part III: The Right to Choose. Access to Treatment. Best Interests and Choice. Consensus, Recovery and Potential. Conclusion: Beyond Consensus.

O autorze

Penelope Weller is the Deputy Director of the Centre for the Advance of Law and Mental Health at Monash University, Australia.