Errington M R
Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 1986 Sep;20(3):278-92. doi: 10.3109/00048678609158876.
The Mental Health Act, 1983, and its associated legislation, effects an extensive reorganisation of the law relating to mental health in New South Wales. This paper seeks to explain the operation of the Act from the point of view of medical practitioners, for the most part medical officers and psychiatrists employed in psychiatric hospitals. Reference is also made to the rights of patients, medical and surgical treatment of patients, the property of patients and the operation of the Mental Health Review Tribunal.
1983年《精神健康法》及其相关立法对新南威尔士州与精神健康相关的法律进行了广泛重组。本文旨在从医生的角度解释该法案的运作情况，其中大部分医生是精神病医院的医务人员和精神科医生。文中还提及了患者的权利、患者的医疗和外科治疗、患者的财产以及精神健康审查法庭的运作。
