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Mental illness : law and public policy
- Title
- Mental illness : law and public policy / edited by Baruch A. Brody, H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr.
- Publication
- Dordrecht, Holland ; Boston : D. Reidel ; Hingham, MA : Sold and distributed in the U.S.A. by Kluwer Boston, ©1980.
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- Description
- xvii, 254 pages; 23 cm
- Series Statement
- Philosophy and medicine ; v. 5
- Uniform Title
- Philosophy and medicine ; v. 5.
- Subject
- Insanity (Law)
- Mental health laws
- Mentally ill > Commitment and detention
- Mental illness
- Mental health
- Mental Disorders
- Public Policy
- Commitment of Mentally Ill
- Mental Health
- mental disorders
- mental health
- Mental illness
- Mental health
- Mental health laws
- Mentally ill > Commitment and detention
- Psychose
- Recht
- Aufsatzsammlung
- Psychische stoornissen
- Recht
- Beleid
- Public policy (Law) > United States
- United States
- USA
- Genre/Form
- Legislation
- Aufsatzsammlung.
- Lois et codes.
- Note
- Developed from a series of six lectures sponsored by Rice University and the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston in the fall of 1976.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographies and index.
- Contents
- Section I: The concept of mental illness and the law -- The concept of mental illness: a philosophical examination / Joseph Margolis -- Legal conceptions of mental illness / Michael S. Moore -- Section II: Criminal and civil liability of the mentally ill -- Minds on trial / Jerome Neu -- Mental abnormality, personal responsibility, and tort liability / Jules L. Coleman -- Section III: Involuntary civil commitment of the mentally ill -- paternalistic grounds for involuntary civil commitment: a utilitarian perspective / Rolf E. Sartorius -- Involuntary civil commitment: the moral issues / Dan W. Brock -- Section IV: Thomas szasz's proposals: a reconstruction and defense -- Critical use of utilitarian arguments: szasz on paternalism / Corinna Delkeskamp -- Section V. Critical commentaries -- Function of mental health codes in relation to the criminal justice system / D.L. Creson -- The diminished moral status of the mentally ill / Stephen Wear -- A concern for hardening of the categories / James Speer -- Involuntary civil commitment: concerning the grounds of ethics / Edmund L. Erde.
- ISBN
- 9027710570
- 9789027710574
- LCCN
- 80011715
- OCLC
- ocm06085871
- 6085871
- SCSB-20820
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library