New Zealand's Mental Health ACT in Practice

Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-0-86473-904-9
Verlag: Te Herenga Waka University Press

Buch, Englisch, 416 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 171 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 848 g

A thorough, nongovernmental review of the workings of New Zealand’s Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act, which was ratified more than 20 years ago, this book provides expert scrutiny of important legislation governing one of the most vulnerable sectors of society. It offers a rounded portrait of the implementation of the country’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 scientists, Maori and non-Maori, alike.

The book examines how the act is used and whether it needs to change, addressing questions including, How are the legal standards governing compulsory treatment applied? Do the review procedures sufficiently protect those under the act? and Should mental health patients with capacity have the right to refuse treatment?, among many others.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dawson, John

Gledhill, Kris

Über Autor(innen)

John Dawson is a professor of law at the University of Otago, New Zealand, with a particular interest in mental health law; he has published widely on the laws 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, New Zealand, and the inaugural director of the New Zealand Centre for Human Rights Law, Policy, and Practice.