Medical necessity, mental health, and justice

Clinical Ethics 18 (3):292-297 (2023)
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This paper examines the concept of medical necessity as it relates to mental health care rationing, arguing that the normal functioning model of medical necessity is insufficient because it fails to cohere with an important aim and function of mental health care, which is to provide support for individuals in abusive or otherwise difficult personal relationships.

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10.1177/14777509231162476

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Emma Prendergast
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What a theory of mental health should be.Christopher Boorse - 1976 - Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour 6 (1):61–84.

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