Tribunals on Trial: A Study of Decision-making Under the Mental Health Act 1983Providing a unique insight into the decision making processes of Mental Health Review Tribunals and of the motivations and aspiriations of the patients and psychiatrists appearing before them, this book assesses the process of decision making from the initial application by a patient, through descriptions of tribunal hearings, to an examination of their deliberations. It uses empirical data from individual cases to explain the inherent limitations of legal safeguards functioning in therapeutic contexts. |
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Contents
The Research Setting | 19 |
The Patients Perspectives | 37 |
The Responsible Medical Officers | 58 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Tribunals on Trial: A Study of Decision-making Under the Mental Health Act 1983 |
| Author | Jill Peay |
| Contributor | University of Oxford. Centre for Criminological Research |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Clarendon Press, 1989 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Oct 24, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0198252498, 9780198252498 |
| Length | 256 pages |
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