Colin McKay
Biographic Data
| ID | 8520367 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Colin McKay |
| GIVEN NAMES | Colin |
| FAMILY NAME | McKay |
| SIGNATURE | MCKAY C |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Unified mental health and capacity law
It has been argued that a fusion of mental health and capacity law creates parity and respects non-discrimination. This approach has been adopted in the Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016, although this legislation is not yet fully in force. Separately the World Health Organisation and the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities have advocated ending the separate status of mental health law. Across the rest of the UK, the po…
Scotland, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and repurposing of mental health and capacity law
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) requires a reconceptualised approach to rights enjoyment by persons with mental disabilities promoting equality through support, institutional and environmental adjustments, and envisaging ‘protection’ in terms of all rights enablement and not rights restriction. Mental health and capacity law has tended to focus exclusively on authorizing and regulating non-consensual interventions…
Scottish mental health and capacity law
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Scottish mental health and capacity law
Unified mental health and capacity law
It has been argued that a fusion of mental health and capacity law creates parity and respects non-discrimination. This approach has been adopted in the Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016, although this legislation is not yet fully in force. Separately the World Health Organisation and the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities have advocated ending the separate status of mental health law. Across the rest of the UK, the po…
Scotland, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and repurposing of mental health and capacity law
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) requires a reconceptualised approach to rights enjoyment by persons with mental disabilities promoting equality through support, institutional and environmental adjustments, and envisaging ‘protection’ in terms of all rights enablement and not rights restriction. Mental health and capacity law has tended to focus exclusively on authorizing and regulating non-consensual interventions…
Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints (3 works) · Mental capacity (3 works) · Mental health (3 works) · Psychiatry (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Child and Adolescent Health (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Autonomy (1 works) · Convention (1 works)