Psychiatric treatment: in the absence of law?: R (on the application of B) v. Ashworth Hospital Authority and another, [2005] U.K.H.L. 20

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Bartlett, Peter (2006) Psychiatric treatment: in the absence of law?: R (on the application of B) v. Ashworth Hospital Authority and another, [2005] U.K.H.L. 20. Medical Law Review, 15 (1). pp. 122-131. ISSN 0967-0742

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Abstract

This case concerns the scope of the compulsory treatment provisions of the Mental Health Act 1983. In particular, it determines whether persons confined under that Act may be compulsorily treated for any mental disorder or only for the form of mental disorder justifying their confinement.

Item Type: Article
RIS ID: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1018675
Additional Information: This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Medical Law Review following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version: Medical Law Review, 14(1) (2006), 122-31, is available online at: http://medlaw.oxfordjournals.org/content/14/1/124.full
Keywords: Mental Health Act 1983 compulsory treatment
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law
Identification Number: 10.1093/medlaw/fwi037
Depositing User: Bartlett, Peter
Date Deposited: 21 Aug 2012 09:20
Last Modified: 04 May 2020 20:29
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/1664

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