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7212968

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1981-5-13
pubmed:abstractText
There is a right to refuse treatment and this right already exists in the legal doctrine of informed consent. The basic legal justification for overcoming this right is the incompetence of the patient. Incompetence is also the central consideration in overcoming any constitutional right to refuse treatment. The constitutional theories of the right to refuse treatment are briefly presented and their implementation in different recent decisions is considered. A distinction is made between the requirement of proving incompetency and the requirement of appointing a neutral party as arbiter for incompetent patients. A recent constitutional ruling that recognizes this distinction and permits psychiatrists rather than neutral arbiters to make treatment decisions for patients is discussed as a model that should be acceptable to psychiatry.
pubmed:keyword
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0003-990X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
38
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
358-62
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1981
pubmed:articleTitle
The right to refuse treatment: why psychiatrists should and can make it work.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't