Human rights in mental health.

Macpherson, Scott; Warrender, Dan

Abstract

Human Rights are the fundamental rights and freedoms that belong to everyone, everywhere throughout their lifespan, by virtue of being human. They apply regardless of a person’s thoughts, beliefs or behaviours and cannot be permanently removed... though there are some circumstances under which they can be restricted, including when a person commits a crime or when they are detained under mental health legislation.

Citation

MACPHERSON, S. and WARRENDER, D. 2017. Human rights in mental health. In Cooper, D.B. (ed.) Ethics in mental health: substance use. Abingdon: Routledge [online], chapter 13. Available from: http://www.routledge.com/9781498767231

• Online Publication Date: May 3, 2017
• Publication Date: May 10, 2017
• Deposit Date: Oct 29, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 29, 2018
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
• Series Title: Mental health: substance abuse
• Book Title: Ethics in mental health: substance use
• Chapter Number: Chapter 13
• ISBN: 9781138672499
• Keywords: Human rights; Mental health; Patient rights; Dehumanisation; Mental capacity
• Public URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10059/3199
• Publisher URL: http://www.routledge.com/9781138672499