LEGAL ASPECTS OF PSYCHIATRY - Dr. DS Nambi Introduction Legislation forms an important component in the implementation of mental healthcare. Legislation is an expression of society with regard to the way it views and cares for mentally ill individuals. It has long been known that there is a dynamic relationship between the concept of mental illness‚ the treatment of the mentally ill and the Law. Forensic psychiatry is the branch of medicine that deals with disorders of the mind and their relation
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addiction defined? Should addiction be viewed as a disease or as a choice? According to Leshner article‚ addiction is considered to be a disease‚ while Heyman explains in his article that drug addiction is a matter of choice. In Leshner article‚ “Addiction Is a Brain Disease‚ and It Matters”‚ he gives the science reasoning for drug addiction being a disease rather than a choice. He argues that addiction is just as much of a health risk as a social problem. Addiction in this article is defined as
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Unlike some people who suffer from voter apathy‚ I believe voting does matter. Voting matters because this is how we elect our leaders to represent us as a country. Voting matters‚ as this is how we can choose the leaders who we believe will best represent our voice and our ideas. Ideas we will like to see come into effect when they are elected as President. I believe voting is important because people like to complain about politicians but do nothing about it. When people don’t vote it’s a
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MALAYSIAN LEGAL SYSTEM TOPICS CLASSIFICATION OF LAW 1. Public law (Between the Individuals and the State) 2. Private Law (Between the Law and Individuals) 3. International Law (Law between States) SOURCES OF LAW 1. Historical Sources 2. Place 3. Legal Sources: a) Written Law b) Unwritten Law Written Law Unwritten Law Syariah Law - Federal Constitution - Principles of English
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Healthcare and its Legal Challenges This paper will discuss the legal challenges within the health care industry. These topics will include the positive and negative changes that America is currently facing. These topics are closely related to the current events of our economy. First of all‚ what will universal health care cost us and what will we get from it? The costs of the future changes in the healthcare industry will cost roughly $2.6 trillion dollars over the next 10 years. Paying for
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LEGAL AID: CONSTITUTIONAL AND STATUTORY PROVISIONS To the poor the Courts are a maze‚ if he pleads there all his life‚ law is so lordly‚ and loath to end his case; without money paid in presents‚ law listeneth to few” - Piers Plowman The Constitution of India mandates the state to accord justice to all members of the society in all facets of human activity. Our national goal is to achieve justice - social‚ economic and political through the process of Rule of Law. Equal access to law for the rich
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it in a “friendly matter.” The friendly matter of violence is being shown when Will is play fighting and verbally teasing them. One of the acts were in the batting cages with Chucky. Will and Chucky are chatting amongst themselves. Once it started to get emotional‚ Will ended up throwing a baseball at Chucky. Since‚ showing affection is considered “strange” to them‚ so the only acceptable manner that they could do to show affection is by “play fighting”. Another‚ “friendly matter” of violence that
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Should the legal driving age be increased to 21 in Australia? To this date the legal driving age in Australia is 16‚ there has been a discussion throughout the community of increasing the legal driving age to 21 in Australia. Concerns of drink driving under the legal age limit had caused a sky-rocket in fatalities on the road in 2013 from drivers under the age of 20. With the age increased to 21‚ this means there will be fewer drivers on the road‚ which will cause less blocking on the road. Reasons
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federal government introduced the Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA)‚ Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA)‚ Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA)‚ Rehabilitation Act of 1973‚ and the Civil Right Acts of 1991. This paper will discuss the legal process an individual would pursue whom was discriminated against by a private sector organization and wishes to file a complaint. The first task would be to contact the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). After contacting the commission
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State‚ Government and Law 1. State An entity can be regarded as a state if it satisfies the following essentials of statehood 1. Population 2. Territory 3. Government 4. Sovereignty or Supremacy State can be unitary (only one govt. throughout the territory); federal(distribution of powers between central and state governments); monarchy(hereditary king as the ruler); republic(the head of the state is not a monarch but an elected person) etc. The ultimate aim of the state is
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