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Mental health law in nursing / Richard Murphy and Philip Wales.

By:

Murphy, Richard (Mental health services administrator) [author.]

Contributor(s):

Wales, Philip (Mental health services administrator) [author.]

Material type:

TextSeries: Transforming nursing practicePublisher: Los Angeles : Sage ; London : Learning Matters, 2013Description: 1 online resource (197 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text
still image

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781526401731 (ebook) :

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KD2968.N8 M87 2013

NLM classification:

2014 A-541

Online resources:

SAGE Knowledge

Contents:

chapter 1. Mental health nursing and mental health law -- chapter 2. Patients' rights -- chapter 3. Professional roles and responsibilities -- chapter 4. Admission and detention in hospital -- chapter 5. Medical treatment for mental disorder -- chapter 6. Leave from hospital -- chapter 7. Supervised community treatment -- part 8. Courts and police powers -- chapter 9. Best practice and the Mental Health Act : leadership and care -- chapter 10. Tribunals and managers' hearings.

Summary: Mental health nursing students need to understand their legal duties towards all clients, including specific laws for care of detained patients. Yet these laws can be comples, confusing, and difficult to relate to the reality of nursing care. This book is a clear guide to the Mental Health Act and Code of Practice which explains the specific duties, responsibilities and powers of mental health nurses and the care of detained patients in particular. It explains the most frequently encountered parts of the Act and Code and clarifies common misunderstandings. It outlines dilemmas faced by nurses which may arise from possible conflicting responsibilities. It also gives an introduction to other major legal considerations that mental health nursing students need.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-187) and index.

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Mental health nursing students need to understand their legal duties towards all clients, including specific laws for care of detained patients. Yet these laws can be comples, confusing, and difficult to relate to the reality of nursing care. This book is a clear guide to the Mental Health Act and Code of Practice which explains the specific duties, responsibilities and powers of mental health nurses and the care of detained patients in particular. It explains the most frequently encountered parts of the Act and Code and clarifies common misunderstandings. It outlines dilemmas faced by nurses which may arise from possible conflicting responsibilities. It also gives an introduction to other major legal considerations that mental health nursing students need.

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