Mental Health Law in China: A Socio-legal Analysis (Routledge Research in Health Law)

This book provides an important critique of mental health law and practice in China, with a focus on involuntary detention and treatment. It will be of interest to those working in the areas of mental health law and policy, medical law and disability and human rights law. This book provides an important critique of mental health law and practice in China, with a focus on involuntary detention and treatment Cover 1 Half Title 2 Series Page 3 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Table of Contents 6 List of tables 7 1. Introduction 8 2. Evaluative Framework and International Human Rights Law 16 3. Background: Mental Health Services and the Legal System in China 46 4. China’s Mental Health Law Reform: A Doctrinal Review 73 5. Law in Action: Medical Practice and Judicial Response 98 6. Shared Power and Silenced Service Users 130 7. Conclusion and Recommendations 158 Bibliography 167 Index 176 1,Introduction;,2,Evaluative,Framework,and,International,Human,Rights,Law;,3,Background;,4,China's,Mental,Health,Law,Reform;,5,Law,in,Action;,6,Shared,Power,and,Silenced,Service,Users;,7,Conclusion,and,Recommendations 1 Introduction,2 Evaluative Framework and International Human Rights Law,3 Background,4 China's Mental Health Law Reform,5 Law in Action,6 Shared Power and Silenced Service Users,7 Conclusion and Recommendations "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"-- Provided by publisher This book provides an important critique of mental health law and practice in China, with a focus on involuntary detention and treatment. It will be of interest to those working in the areas of mental health law and policy, medical law and disability and human rights law.