Abstract
Although Bruce J. Winick does not include a preface in The Right to Refuse Mental Health Treatment, it is obvious that the appropriate readership for this monograph includes judges, lawyers (both defense and plaintiff), psychiatrists, psychologists, clinical social workers, and counselors. The Right to Refuse Mental Health Treatment can best be described as a comprehensive assessment of the decision-making process regarding involuntary clients, patients and, of course, prisoners. With 20 chapters divided into three sections, it offers a significant contribution both to law and to clinical mental health intervention. The sections include Mental Health Treatment Techniques (seven chapters); Constitutional Limitations on Involuntary Mental Health and Correctional Treatment (eight chapters); and Evaluating and Implementing the Right to Refuse Treatment (four chapters).
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