The judicial and medical points of view on mental health in Israel: an analysis of legal rulings

Autor:	Alexander Grinshpoon, Roberto Mester, Eli Gruner, Paula Rosca, Razek Khawaled, Arie Bauer
Rok vydání:	2004
Předmět:	Mental health law medicine.medical_specialty Public health media_common.quotation_subject Legislation Basic law Mental health humanities Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Dignity Statutory law Law medicine Criticism Psychology health care economics and organizations media_common
Zdroj:	Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology. 15:254-271
ISSN:	1478-9957 1478-9949
DOI:	10.1080/1478994042000192721
Popis:	In Israel, since the implementation of the Treatment of Mental Patients Act 1991, the Basic Law on Human Freedom and Dignity 1992 and the Patients' Rights Act 1996, there has been a growing awareness and interest in the rights of the individual and in particular the rights of mental patients. There has also been increasing criticism of decisions of the District Psychiatrist and the Regional Psychiatric Board as is reflected by the numerous Appeals to the court against the Regional Psychiatric Board, the increasing number of patients represented by a lawyer at the Psychiatric Board hearings, and by the great number of psychiatrists involved in the criminal proceedings against their criminal psychiatric patients. Following a description of the statutory framework in Israel, including the role of the different courts, this paper reviews some of the recent court judgements and rulings on mental health issues. The paper considers the following three areas related to mental health law decisions: Regional Psychi...
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