Treatment without consent : law, psychiatry, and the treatment of mentally disordered people since 1845 /

Fennell, Phil,

Treatment without consent : law, psychiatry, and the treatment of mentally disordered people since 1845 / Phil Fennell. - x, 356 pages ; 23 cm. - Social ethics and policy series . - Social ethics and policy series. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 334-345) and index.

Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1845-1853: The Birth of the Lunacy Commission -- 1853-1880: The Triumph of Non-Restraint? -- Chemical Restraint -- 1880-1913: The Return of Restraint -- Surgical Treatment and Consent -- The Board of Control and Sterilisation of 'The Unfit' -- The Board of Control and the Mental Treatment Act 1930 -- The Board of Control and Treatment for Mental Disorder, 1913-1930 -- The Age of Experimentation: The Board of Control and Treatment for Mental Disorder, 1930-1959 -- The Age of Psychopharmacology -- The Mental Health Act Commission and the Mental Health Act 1983 -- Treatment Without Consent Under the 1983 Act -- Emergency Sedation, Seclusion and Restraint in Contemporary Psychiatry -- Treatment of Incapable Patients Without Consent Under Common Law -- Codifying Clinical Authority -- Informal Compulsion: Treating Children Without Consent -- Conclusion -- Table of statutes -- Table of statutory instruments -- Table of cases -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.

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Mental health laws--History--Great Britain
Informed consent (Medical law)--History--Great Britain

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