Court-Ordered Insanity: Interpretive Practice and Involuntary Commitment

This book analyzes how hearing participants construct and organize arguments that are legally, psychiatrically, and practically accountable. It argues that commitment decisions orient to the "tenability" of situations that patients pose as alternatives to hospitalization. This book analyzes how hearing participants construct and organize arguments that are legally, psychiatrically, and practically accountable. It argues that commitment decisions orient to the "tenability" of situations that patients pose as alternatives to hospitalization.

• | Author: James A. Holstein
• | Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
• | Publication Date: Dec 31, 1993
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780202304496
• | ISBN-10: 0202304493