Mental health law / Brenda M. Hoggett.

"Public policies and public attitudes towards treatment of the mentally disordered have evolved significantly in the last twenty-five years. Those who need to understand and implement our increasingly complex legal and social systems for dealing with such cases will find this new edition of Brenda Hoggett's Mental Health Law illuminating. It gives a clear-sighted account of the basic legal rights of psychiatric patients before, during and after hospital confinement, and also considers other parties and institutions affected by the illness of the patient: relatives, doctors, lawyers and social workers."--From back cover.