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Associate Hospital Managers’ Discharge Powers Under Section 23: Should the Days of the Hospital Managers’ Hearings Be Numbered?

AIMS: Under section 23 of the Mental Health Act, the managers of the hospital have the power to order discharge of a patient detained under certain sections. In the past, the need for this power has been questioned, but the debate reared its head following the ‘Modernising the Mental Health Act’ gov...

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Autor principal: Nicholls, Rebecca
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10345614/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2023.221