International trends in mental health laws / [edited by] Bernadette McSherry.

Leichhardt, N.S.W. : Federation Press, 2008.

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Discrimination against people with disabilities -- Australia.

Human rights.

Mental health laws.

International trends in mental health laws: Introduction / Bernadette McSherry

The disabilities convention and its consequences for mental health laws in Australia / Annegret Kampf

From autonomy to dignity: treatment for mental disorders and the focus for patient rights / Mary Donnelly

People with psychosocial impairments or conditions, reasonable accommodation and the convention on the rights of persons with disabilities / Anna Lawson

Supported decision-making and the achievement of non-discrimination: The promise and paradox of the disabilities convention / Penny Weller

Protecting the integrity of the person: Developing limitations on involuntary treatment / Bernadette McSherry

Advocacy and participation in mental health cases: Realisable rights or pipe-dreams? / Terry Carney, Fleur Beaupert, Julia Perry and David Tait

Community treatment orders and humna rights / John Dawson

Includes bibliographic references.

9781862877214

159 p. ; 24 cm