A new era for mental health law and policy : supportive-decision making and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities / Piers Gooding, The University of Melbourne.
2017
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A new era for mental health law and policy : supportive-decision making and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities / Piers Gooding, The University of Melbourne.
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Description
1 online resource (xiv, 281 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Series
Cambridge disability, law and policy serie.
Formatted Contents Note
Mental health law : purpose and procedures
Mental health, law and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities : new tools or new paradigm?
Major criticisms of mental health law
The CRPD
support framework
Applying the CRPD-support framework in law
Practical examples of the CRPD
support approach in the mental health context
Navigating the "flashing amber lights" of the CRPD
support framework : addressing major concerns
Conclusion.
Mental health, law and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities : new tools or new paradigm?
Major criticisms of mental health law
The CRPD
support framework
Applying the CRPD-support framework in law
Practical examples of the CRPD
support approach in the mental health context
Navigating the "flashing amber lights" of the CRPD
support framework : addressing major concerns
Conclusion.
Summary
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) has generated new ideas and standards in healthcare and disability law and policy. In the mental health context, the CRPD directs governments to ensure people with mental impairments are treated equally before the law, including ensuring people have access to the resources necessary to enjoy their rights. But what this means in practice remains unclear. In addition, current domestic laws that authorise involuntary psychiatric interventions stand at cross-purposes with the CRPD, which requires respect for the 'will, preference and rights' of persons with disabilities 'on an equal basis with others'. This book explores the implications of the CRPD for law, policy and practice that responds to the complex issues raised by mental health impairment and disability. It argues that the support framework of the CRPD holds potential to address persistent shortcomings in mental health law and policy.
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Cambridge Books Online.
Language
English
ISBN
9781316493106 ebook
9781107140745 (hardback)
9781316506134 (paperback)
9781107140745 (hardback)
9781316506134 (paperback)
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