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Mentally Disabled Patients Win 'Right of Refusal'

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Author(s): Middleton, Martha
Source:
American Bar Association Journal. Dec80, Vol. 66 Issue 12, p1512. 2/3p.
Subject Terms:
*LEGAL status of patients; *PEOPLE with mental disabilities; *RIGHT of privacy; *MENTAL health laws; *CIVIL rights

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- Subject Terms:
  UNITED States
- Abstract:
  Reports on United States courts' growing recognition of the right of a mentally disabled patients to refuse treatment. Establishment of constitutional right to treatment for patients in mental institutions by several federal and state courts; Mentally disabled patients' privacy rights; Limited definition of emergency circumstances.