We live in interesting times: changing models, mental health and (in)capacity law in Scotland
11th October 2018 |
Professor Jill Stavert,
Scottish Law
When enacted at the start of this century, Scotland’s mental health and capacity legislation was regarded as world leading in its principled and rights-based approach to interventions concerning persons with a mental disorder. Such laws reinforced respect for an individual’s autonomy in requiring that non-consensual.
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