Refusing care : forced treatment and the rights of the mentally ill / Elyn R. Saks.
2002
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Author
Title
Refusing care : forced treatment and the rights of the mentally ill / Elyn R. Saks.
Published
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2002]
Copyright
©2002
Call Number
RC343 .S245 2002
ISBN
0226733971 (cloth : alk. paper)
Description
x, 304 pages ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)49704725
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-291) and index.
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1
1
Doctors and Lawyers: Why Can't We All Just Get Along?
5
2
Mental Illness: Making Myths or Genuine Disorders?
20
3
Civil Commitment: How Civil?
44
4
The Right to Refuse Medication: When Can I Just Say No?
84
5
Seclusion: The Path of Least Resistance?
120
6
Mechanical Restraints: Loosening the Bonds
146
7
Incompetency and Impairment: Choices Made, Choices Denied
173
8
Self-Binding: Ulysses at the Mast
201
9
Conclusion
216
Notes
223
References
257
Index
293