This book provides an important critique of mental health law and practice in China, with a focus on involuntary detention and treatment. It will be of interest to those working in the areas of mental health law and policy, medical law and disability and human rights law
1. Introduction
2. Evaluative Framework and International Human Rights Law
3. Background: Mental Health Services and the Legal System in China
4. China’s Mental Health Law Reform: A Doctrinal Review
5. Law in Action: Medical Practice and Judicial Response
6. Shared Power and Silenced Service Users
7. Conclusion and Recommendations
Bibliography
Index