Add to ORKGThis thesis examines the complex legal framework for admission to hospital and treatment for mental disorder of adolescents. It identifies areas of uncertainty and makes recommendations on how these might be addressed. It does so by mapping the various legal routes for adolescent psychiatric care, including detention under the Mental Health Act 1983, and examining these through a 'human rights lens' which reflects international and European human rights standards, including the European Convention on Human Rights and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
The Report forms part of the Commission’s Third Programme of Law Reform 2008-2014. In the Report, th...
Normally in the health profession there is a requirement to gain valid consent from patients before ...
The recognition of positive rights and the growing impact of human rights principles has recently or...
Background: This paper aims to consider whether adolescents’ rights differ from adults’ rights and w...
This thesis aims to comparatively assess the Irish government’s national, international and regiona...
The past decade has seen a significant growth in attention to the human rights of persons with disab...
This thesis examines the rights of people with mental disorder under Irish law against the backgroun...
The dilemmas between legal obligations and ethical responsibilities can often create problems in cli...
Background: For individuals with severe mental illness, involuntary assessment and/or treatment (her...
Minor consent laws have been enacted without demonstrated and clear understanding of what influences...
Background: Children’s participation in all matters affecting themselves is guaranteed by human righ...
The Mental Health Act 1983 provides for compulsory admission to hospital, under criteria designed to...
For too long the voices of persons with mental illness have been marginalised. These persons have be...
This thesis aims to analyse the influence of human rights concerns on recent revisions of mental hea...
This article explores the relationship between competence and authority in relation to medical treat...
The Report forms part of the Commission’s Third Programme of Law Reform 2008-2014. In the Report, th...
Normally in the health profession there is a requirement to gain valid consent from patients before ...
The recognition of positive rights and the growing impact of human rights principles has recently or...
Background: This paper aims to consider whether adolescents’ rights differ from adults’ rights and w...
This thesis aims to comparatively assess the Irish government’s national, international and regiona...
The past decade has seen a significant growth in attention to the human rights of persons with disab...
This thesis examines the rights of people with mental disorder under Irish law against the backgroun...
The dilemmas between legal obligations and ethical responsibilities can often create problems in cli...
Background: For individuals with severe mental illness, involuntary assessment and/or treatment (her...
Minor consent laws have been enacted without demonstrated and clear understanding of what influences...
Background: Children’s participation in all matters affecting themselves is guaranteed by human righ...
The Mental Health Act 1983 provides for compulsory admission to hospital, under criteria designed to...
For too long the voices of persons with mental illness have been marginalised. These persons have be...
This thesis aims to analyse the influence of human rights concerns on recent revisions of mental hea...
This article explores the relationship between competence and authority in relation to medical treat...
The Report forms part of the Commission’s Third Programme of Law Reform 2008-2014. In the Report, th...
Normally in the health profession there is a requirement to gain valid consent from patients before ...
The recognition of positive rights and the growing impact of human rights principles has recently or...