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Citizens in detention: the role of the Mental Health Act commission in protecting the rights of detained patients
- Author:
- BARNES Marian
- Journal article citation:
- Local Government Studies, 22(3), Autumn 1996, pp.28-46.
- Publisher:
- Routledge
In this article the author is concerned with questions of rights and citizenship as they apply to people who have been placed in a situation where their freedom to participate within society has been temporarily curtailed by being compulsorily detained within a psychiatric hospital. Looks at the 1983 Mental Health Act and the impact it has on detained patient.
Users, officials and citizens in health and social care
- Authors:
- BARNES Marian, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Local Government Policy Making, 22(4), March 1996, pp.9-17.
- Publisher:
- University of Birmingham. Institute of Local Government Studies
Looks at the empowerment of public service users from the point of view of groups of disabled people and people with mental health problems, and the 'officials' (purchasers and providers of health and social care services and politicians) with whom they come into contact. This article focuses on the way in which both user groups and officials view the notion of citizenship and its relationship to empowerment.