Nallur Divya Ganesh
Mind Care, People Tree Maarga, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Indian J Psychiatry. 2019 Apr;61(Suppl 4):S798-S803. doi: 10.4103/psychiatry.IndianJPsychiatry_113_19.
Mental Healthcare Act (MHCA) 2017 is the current legislation overseeing and protecting the mental healthcare of patients with mental illness. All professionals working with this vulnerable patient population must abide by this legislation. This article is an attempt to make a case for the need for a "Code of Practice" (CoP) as a statutory guidance document to help all stakeholders in implementing the legislation. It is argued that the CoP is essential to effectively safeguard the rights and autonomy of the patients and to safeguard professionals from uneasy repercussions from unintended mistakes in implementing the legislation.
《2017年精神卫生保健法》（MHCA）是当前监督和保护精神疾病患者精神卫生保健的法律。所有与这一弱势群体打交道的专业人员都必须遵守该法律。本文试图论证制定一份“实践准则”（CoP）作为法定指导文件的必要性，以帮助所有利益相关者实施该法律。有人认为，实践准则对于有效保障患者的权利和自主权以及保护专业人员免受实施法律过程中意外错误带来的不良影响至关重要。
