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The diminishing right to life

01 December 2010

Mental Health Practice

Feature

This article explains why two similar cases of alleged negligence in the care of patients with mental health problems produced different results.

Self-harm minimisation and the law

01 February 2010

Primary Health Care

Legal

The practice of self-harm minimisation appears to be developing more quickly than the legal framework to support it. Some nurses are at risk because they practise...

European Convention on Human Rights: effects on psychiatric care

18 July 2001

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

The introduction of the European Convention on Human Rights into UK law will have a direct effect on practice in mental health care. The authors discuss developments...