Murphy, Richard (Mental health services administrator)

Mental health law in nursing / Richard Murphy and Philip Wales. - Los Angeles : Sage ; London : Learning Matters, 2013. - 197 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. - Transforming nursing practice . - Transforming nursing practice. .

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

Mental health nursing and mental health law -- Patients' rights -- Professional roles and responsibilities -- Admission and detention in hospital -- Medical treatment for mental disorder -- Leave from hospital -- Supervised community treatment -- Courts and police powers -- Best practice and the Mental Health Act: leadership and care -- Tribunals and managers' hearings.

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Mental health laws--Wales--Textbooks.
Psychiatric nursing--Great Britain--Textbooks.
Psychiatric nursing--Examinations--Great Britain--Study guides.
Psychiatric Nursing--legislation & jurisprudence--Great Britain.

KD2968.N8 / MUR 2013

344.41044

2014 A-541