Reducing Coercion
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https://doi.org/10.19164/ijmhcl.30.1369Abstract
This is a transcript of a talk by Graham Morgan MBE – Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland – to the Third UK and Ireland Mental Health and Diversity Law Conference, July 2023. Nottingham (England.)
Graham drew on the Report of the Scottish Review into Mental Health Legislation for this talk and for a better understanding of how he thinks coercion could be further reduced would especially recommend reading the chapters on Human Rights Enablement, Autonomous Decision Making Tests, Supported Decision Making and Economic Cultural and Social Rights.
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