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03507aam a2200421 i 4500 001 58A54240CD6211EE9507C16149ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240217010049 008 230123s2023 nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2023000881 020 $a 0231210256 020 $a 9780231210256 020 $a 0231210248 020 $a 9780231210249 035 $a (OCoLC)1373014688 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d UKMGB $d OCLCF $d YDX $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d YDX $d PUL $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-ca 050 00 $a KFC112 $b .B37 2023 100 1 $a Barnard, Alex V., $d 1987- $e author. 245 10 $a Conservatorship : $b inside California's system of coercion and care for mental illness / $c Alex V. Barnard. 264 1 $a New York : $b Columbia University Press, $c 2023. 300 $a xv, 394 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction : the other Magna Carta -- Conservatorship continuum -- Care and coercion under conservatorship -- Reform -- Conclusion : beyond miracles. 520 $a "In the city of Los Angeles, where homelessness is visible in the form of people and their belongings like shopping carts and sprouting clusters of temporary housing, the gravely disabled are easy to overlook. These are people who, defined by the California Welfare and Institutions Code, are unable to take care of their basic needs due mental disorder. In the United States there is a patchwork of state agencies that deal with the precarities associated with the effects of mental illness, which largely respect the wishes of the sufferers, providing them with latitude to make choices about their individual welfare. There are times, however, where the results of mental health on an individual's well being is so dire that a Public Guardian is required to make fundamental life choices for a person, such as where they live, how they spend their money, and what medical treatment they will be given. This is called a conservatorship. In Gravely Disabled, Alex V. Barnard takes the reader through complex system of conservatorship in the state of California. Conservatorship is by no means taken lightly nor is it easy to establish. It requires the deliberate efforts of state officials, families, and medical professionals to mandate people into conservatorship. Civil liberties campaigners, survivors of forced treatment, and clinicians often work in opposition to keep people out of it. What both sides agree on is that this is a life-or-death struggle. With this in mind, Barnard offers a thorough and sensitive portrait of the process of conservatorship, including what happens to get to the establishment of a conservatorship, what happens when one is established, and how this imperfect system can be reformed"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Conservatorships $z California. 650 0 $a Guardian and ward $z California. 650 0 $a Mentally ill $x Care $z California. 650 0 $a Mental health laws $z California. 650 6 $a Tutelle et curatelle $z Californie. 650 6 $a Personnes vivant avec un trouble de sante mentale $x Soins $z Californie. 650 7 $a Conservatorships $2 fast 651 7 $a California $2 fast 776 08 $i Online version: $a Barnard, Alex V., 1987- $t Conservatorship $d New York : Columbia University Press, 2023 $z 9780231558327 $w (DLC) 2023000882 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20240217011945.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=58A54240CD6211EE9507C16149ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search