Jacqueline Atkinson

Advance Directives in Mental Health

Theory, Practice and Ethics

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Advance directive (AD) is a way of making a person's views known if he or she should become mentally incapable of giving consent, or making informed choices about treatment, in the future. This book advises users on their choices about treatment in the event of future episodes of mental illness, covering all legal and medical aspects of AD.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 169mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 349g
• ISBN-13: 9781843104834
• ISBN-10: 1843104830
• Artikelnr.: 22983125

Autorenporträt

Jacqueline Atkinson holds a PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Hull and is currently Senior Lecturer at the University of Glasgow. She has been researching advance directives for about five years and mental health law for over ten. She has extensive experience of working in a number of professional bodies and university committees and spends her free time promoting understanding of mental health issues.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements. 1 Introduction: Why have advance directives in mental
health? Part I The context of advance directives in mental health. 2
Influences on the development of advance directives in mental health. 3
Mental health legislation. 4 Models of advance directives: the history of
an idea. 5 Advance directives and the law. Part II Ideological issues in
advance directives. 6 Autonomy and advance directives. 7 Personhood and
advance directives in mental health. 8 Rationality, decision-making and
advance directives. 9 Responsibility and its consequences. Part III Advance
directives in practice.10 Advance directives and the research process. 11
Making and implementing advance directives in mental health 12 The
experience of advance directives in clinical practice. 13 Attitudes to
advance directives. 14 Other approaches to individual future planning. 15
Conclusion: The way forward: The appeal of advance directives. References.
Useful web sites. Glossary. Subject index. Author index.