Mental Health Act Manual

by RichardM.Jones (Author)

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  Paperback
  2001

  $3.25

  Completely updated to provide guidance on this complex area of law, the Mental Health Act Manual aims to be an essential guide for anyone implementing or advising on the Mental Health Act.It brings together the Act, Code of Practice and related subordinate legislation, enabling practitioners to quickly and fully familiarize themselves with the Act. The manual also features comprehensive annotations which explain each section of the Act, make reference to case law and quote relevant extracts from Mental Health Act Commission guidance. Outlined in the process are the responsibilities and obligations of the parties involved, ensuring the Act is implemented correctly. A major feature in this edition is coverage of the Human Rights Act 1998, and the implications are addressed in the annotations to the Mental Health Act. Numerous cases are incorporated and key legislative changes, such as the effect of the Health Act 1999 for the provision of mental health services, are also covered.

• Used

  Paperback
  1999

  $3.25

  This highly successful volume of mental health legislation and case law, regarded as the approved social workers' 'bible' and quoted by Lord Woolf, is now in its 6th edition. Providing full coverage of the new code of practice issued late in 1998, this book acts as a guidance document which will impact upon all mental health practitioners. It discusses the Bourne Wood case, allegedly the most important case in the history of mental health law, and provides a wealth of other new and updated case law. Compact guide to a complex area. Includes the new government code of practice. Written by a former Mental Health Act Commissioner. Annotations provide guidance throughout.