Mental Health Homicide and Society

Understanding Health Care Governance
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-1-5099-5199-4
Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 395 g

A homicide committed by a mentally disordered person who is under the care of health service professionals is a shocking event. Otherwise known as a 'patient homicide', these incidents are followed by an investigation into the care and treatment received by the perpetrator. These investigations are often regarded as a way to 'learn lessons', establish accountability and provide catharsis to families and the public. The book argues however that patient homicide events and the circumstances in which they occur are communicated about within closed systems of life (eg law, medicine). These systems operate according to unique internal logics. The communications produced by these systems, nevertheless, resonate in society and enable a diverse and complex space of governance to emerge - a space of governance in which universal understandings about patient homicides, health care, public safety and risk are unachievable.

The Scottish Government initiated reform of their patient homicide investigation procedures in 2017 and plans to reform patient homicide investigations in England are slowly germinating. This original and compelling book is therefore a timely and important contribution. It concludes that health policy makers should re-evaluate their normative commitments to patient homicide risk reduction in a world of disharmony, objection and resistance.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Horton, David P

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Homicide and Health Care: Context and Complexity

I. Introduction

II. Patient Homicide and Health Care

III. Background and Context

IV. Thinking About Complexity

V. Central Questions and Themes

VI. Conclusions

2. The Investigatory Domain

I. Introduction

II. The Inquiry

III. The Inquiry Industry

IV. Conclusions

3. Social Systems

I. Introduction

II. Theoretical Background

III. Conclusions

4. The Patient Homicide Governance Space

I. Introduction

II. Legal Realities

III. Political Realities

IV. Scientific Realities

V. Medical Realities

VI. Economic Realities

VII. Moral Realities

VIII. Mass Media Realities

IX. The Implications of Social Autopoiesis

X. Conclusions

5. Accountability and Time

I. Introduction

II. Accountability as Communication

III. The Concept of Time

IV. Accountability and Time

V. Conclusions

6. Risk and Protest

I. Introduction

II. The Concept of Risk

III. Protest and Politics
IV. Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

Horton, David P
David P Horton is Lecturer in Law at the University of Liverpool.