Publisher's Synopsis
Providing an exploration of some of the major ethical issues affecting mental-health workers, this book focuses particularly on issues which have attracted most concern in recent years. These include the relative autonomy of people with mental-health problems, the influence of different therapeutic ideologies, the aims and value systems inherent in "treatment and therapy", and the "scientific" status of care and treatment in general.;The topics are addressed in relation to people with mental illness, learning difficulties, and the problems of ageing. The illustrations are drawn from health and social-services settings, and reflect the professional worlds of doctors, nurses, psychologists and social workers, as well as voluntary agencies involved in mental-health care.
