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OverviewWhen should we try to prevent suicide? Should it be facilitated for some people, in some circumstances? For the last forty years, law and policy on suicide have followed two separate and distinct tracks: laws aimed at preventing suicide and, increasingly, laws aimed at facilitating it.In Rational Suicide, Irrational Laws legal scholar Susan Stefan argues that these laws co-exist because they are based on two radically disparate conceptions of the would-be suicide. This is the first book that unifies policies and laws, including constitutional law, criminal law, malpractice law, and civil commitment law, toward people who want to end their lives. Based on the author's expert understanding of mental health and legal systems, analysis of related national and international laws and policy, and surveys and interviews with more than 300 suicide-attempt survivors, doctors, lawyers, and mental health professionals, Rational Suicide, Irrational Laws exposes the counterproductive nature of current policies and laws about suicide. Stefan proposes and defends specific reforms, including increased protection of mental health professionals from liability, increased protection of suicidal people from coercive interventions, reframing medical involvement in assisted suicide, and focusing on approaches to suicidal people that help them rather than assuming suicidality is always a symptom of mental illness. Stefan compares policies and laws in different states in the U.S. and examines the policies and laws of other countries in Europe, Asia, and the Americas, including the 2015 legalization of assisted suicide in Canada. The book includes model statutes, seven in-depth studies of people whose cases presented profound ethical, legal, and policy dilemmas, and over a thousand cases interpreting rights and responsibilities relating to suicide, especially in the area of psychiatric malpractice. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Susan Stefan (Consultant, Consultant)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 23.10cm Weight: 0.821kg ISBN: 9780199981199ISBN 10: 0199981191 Pages: 584 Publication Date: 07 April 2016 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents"Series Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: ""Sane"" and ""Insane"" Suicide: The Law of Competence Chapter 2: The Right to Die, Involuntary Commitment, and the Constitution Chapter 3: Assisted Suicide in the States Chapter 4: International Perspectives in Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia Chapter 5: Assisted Suicide and the Medical Profession Chapter 6: Mental Health Professionals and Suicide Chapter 7: Types of Suicide Chapter 8: Discrimination on the Basis of Suicidality Chapter 9: Prevention and Treatment: Policy and Legal Barriers Chapter 10: Conclusion: People with Psychiatric Diagnoses and Assisted Suicide Appendix A: Model Statutes Appendix B: Survey of People Who Have Attempted Suicide 1. Survey: Experiences with Suicide 2. Final Results of Survey Table of Cases Bibliography Author Index Subject Index"ReviewsThis is a landmark book written about thorny issues pertaining to suicide, mental health care, and mental health-related laws and policies within contemporary culture. Susan Stefan has an uncanny ability to point out when the 'emperor has no clothes' as she poignantly explores suicidal human suffering in the face of existing conventional mental health care that too often 'treats' suicidal people through control, coercion, and shame that is fostered and supported by existing policies and laws. This important book makes one think deeply about the topic of suicide, human suffering, truly compassionate care, personal liberty, and mental health-related policy and laws in novel and important ways. --David A. Jobes, PhD, Professor of Psychology, The Catholic University of America Rational Suicide, Irrational Laws is a nuanced, subtle, and thoroughgoing look at suicide and assisted suicide. ...Stefan debunks the idea that all suicide is a symptom of mental illness enacted by incompetent people. Stefan also proposes recommendations as to how we should respond to a suicidal person and the phenomenon of suicide generally. An important theme running through this book is that there is so much more we could be doing to help the patient want to live. All in all, a must-read for anyone interested in the phenomenon of suicide and assisted suicide--a masterful account. --Elyn Saks, JD, PhD, Orrin B. Evans Professor of Law, Psychology, and Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences, USC Gould School of Law There is no way to do justice to all of the groundbreaking analysis and novel policy and practice solutions proposed in this book. It should be required reading for everyone in the fields of mental health and suicidology. . . One can only hope that the ideas in this book will reach policymakers, mental health professionals, employers, university administrators, and advocates who are in a position to help change our laws and practices to truly support suicidal people to find reasons to live again. * Leah Harris, Huffington Post * Rational Suicide, Irrational Laws is an immensely important contribution to the professional literature and, we should hope, the public policy making process, regarding suicide. Beyond that, it earns recognition as a valuable primer on the law and ethics of end-of-life medical decision making and delivery generally. * Marshall B. Kapp, Care Management Journals * This is a landmark book written about thorny issues pertaining to suicide, mental health care, and mental health-related laws and policies within contemporary culture. Susan Stefan has an uncanny ability to point out when the 'emperor has no clothes' as she poignantly explores suicidal human suffering in the face of existing conventional mental health care that too often 'treats' suicidal people through control, coercion, and shame that is fostered and supported by existing policies and laws. This important book makes one think deeply about the topic of suicide, human suffering, truly compassionate care, personal liberty, and mental health-related policy and laws in novel and important ways. --David A. Jobes, PhD, Professor of Psychology, The Catholic University of America Rational Suicide, Irrational Laws is a nuanced, subtle, and thoroughgoing look at suicide and assisted suicide. ...Stefan debunks the idea that all suicide is a symptom of mental illness enacted by incompetent people. Stefan also proposes recommendations as to how we should respond to a suicidal person and the phenomenon of suicide generally. An important theme running through this book is that there is so much more we could be doing to help the patient want to live. All in all, a must-read for anyone interested in the phenomenon of suicide and assisted suicide--a masterful account. --Elyn Saks, JD, PhD, Orrin B. Evans Professor of Law, Psychology, and Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences, USC Gould School of Law A ground-breaking, brilliant, indeed courageous book ... a compassionate and an intelligent book, written by a researcher who listens intently... There is much in this book that makes me want to stand up and cheer. --Bonnie Burstow, Ph.D., Associate Professor at the University of Toronto, antipsychiatry activist, feminist therapist, and prolific authorFeatured in The News & Observer This is a landmark book written about thorny issues pertaining to suicide, mental health care, and mental health-related laws and policies within contemporary culture. Susan Stefan has an uncanny ability to point out when the 'emperor has no clothes' as she poignantly explores suicidal human suffering in the face of existing conventional mental health care that too often 'treats' suicidal people through control, coercion, and shame that is fostered and supported by existing policies and laws. This important book makes one think deeply about the topic of suicide, human suffering, truly compassionate care, personal liberty, and mental health-related policy and laws in novel and important ways. --David A. Jobes, PhD, Professor of Psychology, The Catholic University of America Rational Suicide, Irrational Laws is a nuanced, subtle, and thoroughgoing look at suicide and assisted suicide. ...Stefan debunks the idea that all suicide is a symptom of mental illness enacted by incompetent people. Stefan also proposes recommendations as to how we should respond to a suicidal person and the phenomenon of suicide generally. An important theme running through this book is that there is so much more we could be doing to help the patient want to live. All in all, a must-read for anyone interested in the phenomenon of suicide and assisted suicide--a masterful account. --Elyn Saks, JD, PhD, Orrin B. Evans Professor of Law, Psychology, and Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences, USC Gould School of LawFeatured in The News & Observer There is no way to do justice to all of the groundbreaking analysis and novel policy and practice solutions proposed in this book. It should be required reading for everyone in the fields of mental health and suicidology... One can only hope that the ideas in this book will reach policymakers, mental health professionals, employers, university administrators, and advocates who are in a position to help change our laws and practices to truly support suicidal people to find reasons to live again. Leah Harris, Huffington Post Author InformationSusan Stefan is the author of four books on law and policy relating to people with psychiatric disabilities and has worked nationally and internationally as a consultant on systems reform issues. She litigated class actions in state and federal court, has served as an expert witness, and was a Professor of Law at the University of Miami School of Law. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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