Abstract
Beginning with the legally recognized privacy rights enumerated by American federal courts during the 1960s, mental health law has witnessed a similar growth of rights for persons with mental illness to have control over and even refuse mental health treatment. These rights are derived from a modern legal doctrine that holds individual autonomy as a fundamental right, and thus, medical or psychiatric treatment as inherently intrusive against the individual.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Wiley Encyclopedia of Forensic Science |
| Subtitle of host publication | Jamieson/Forensic |
| Publisher | wiley |
| Pages | 1-4 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780470061589 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780470018262 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2009 |
| Externally published | Yes |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
Keywords
- informed consent
- refusing treatment
- rights
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Medicine
- General Chemistry
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