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Mental Health Law in China: A Socio-legal Analysis

Mental Health Law in China: A Socio-legal Analysis

Name: Mental Health Law in China: A Socio-legal Analysis
Brand: Routledge
SKU: 9781032079066
Price: 2168.79 HKD
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Author: Bo Chen
ISBN: 9781032079066

By Bo Chen

Routledge May 2022

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ISBN-13: 9781032079066
Publisher: Routledge
Publication: May 2022
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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This book provides an important critique of mental health law and practice in China, with a focus on involuntary detention and treatment.

The work explores China’s mental health law reform regarding treatment decision-making in the new era of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). It adopts a socio-legal approach, not only by undertaking a comprehensive desk-based analysis of the reforms introduced by China’s Mental Health Law (MHL) but also examining its implementation based on evidence from practice. The book seeks to investigate whether China’s first national MHL takes a step closer to the requirements of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on mental health treatment decision-making, and, if not, why not?

The book will be of interest to those working in the areas of mental health law and policy, medical law and disability, human rights law, and Asian Studies.

Foreword by Gerard Quinn

1. Introduction

2. Evaluative Framework and International Human Rights Law

3. Background: Mental Health Services and the Legal System in China

4. China’s Mental Health Law Reform: A Doctrinal Review

5. Law in Action: Medical Practice and Judicial Response

6. Shared Power and Silenced Service Users

7. Conclusion and Recommendations

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