Juan Jose Tellez

Project Description

Chemical restraint is a restrictive practice involving the use of medication to control behaviour and minimise risk of harm. It has been criticised on medical and human rights grounds and is inconsistently regulated in Australian aged care and mental health settings. Beginning with the South Australian Oakden Review and ending with the Federal Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality & Safety, Juan uses Carol Bacchi’s poststructural ‘What’s the Problem Represented to Be?’ approach to explore how chemical restraint and those subject to and involved in its use, are represented in policy, practice, and law.

Supervisors

Professor Bernadette McSherry, Melbourne Law School
Professor John Tobin, Melbourne Law School
Professor Lisa Brophy, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health