A study on the right to give consent to treatment by a mental health patient in Malaysia: comparative analysis between the mental disorder ordinance 1952 and the mental health act 2001 / Adi Aizat Yajid ...[et al.]

Yajid, Adi Aizat and Shamshudin, Mohd Khairunnizam and Megat Mohd Ghazali, Megat Aiman Taher and Sofian @ Mohd Sofi, Noor Azam (2009) A study on the right to give consent to treatment by a mental health patient in Malaysia: comparative analysis between the mental disorder ordinance 1952 and the mental health act 2001 / Adi Aizat Yajid ...[et al.]. [Student Project] (Unpublished)

Abstract

Normally the mental health patients would be considered incapable of managing themselves because of their illness. There have to be someone to help them in their daily life. Their status as mental health patients gives rise to problems in the case of treatment. In general, treatments cannot be carried out without the consent from the patients. But would the situation be different for mental health patients still a question that need to be figured out since the answer is not that clear. This project paper will focus on the rights of giving consent by the mental health patients and their rights over their body integrity. An analysis will be made by comparing the Malaysian Mental Disorder Ordinance 1952 and the Mental Health Act 2001. The paper will also discuss the comparison between both Malaysian law and the United Kingdom Mental Health Act 2007. At the end of the discussion, analysis on the current practice over the procedures that are carried out in order to gain consent from the mental health patients will be formulated.

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Item Type: Student Project
Creators:
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Email / ID Num.
Yajid, Adi Aizat
2006146151
Shamshudin, Mohd Khairunnizam
2006146209
Megat Mohd Ghazali, Megat Aiman Taher
2006200692
Sofian @ Mohd Sofi, Noor Azam
2006146221
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Thesis advisor
Ahmad, Nadzriah
UNSPECIFIED
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology > Protection, assistance and relief > Special classes > People with disabilities. Including blind, deaf, people with physical and mental disabilities
R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > Forensic Medicine. Medical jurisprudence. Legal medicine
R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > Health behavior and habits
Divisions: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam > Faculty of Law
Programme: Bachelor in Legal Studies (Hons)
Keywords: mental, health, treatment
Date: April 2009
URI: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32209
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