The experiences of the legal processes of involuntary treatment orders: Tension between the legal and medical frameworks

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 38, Issue , 2015, Pages 44-50

  Wyder, Marianne ^a   Bland, Robert ^a   Herriot, Ann ^b   Crompton, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Queensland Public Interest Law Clearing House Incorporated   (Australia)

^c METRO SOUTH HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Involuntary treatment orders; Recovery oriented practice; Therapeutic jurisprudence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMPOWERMENT; FEMALE; FREEDOM; HARM REDUCTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT; JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TEACHING HOSPITAL; AUSTRALIA; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INPATIENTS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925969435     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: 18736386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2015.01.006     Document Type: Article

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