In this paper I examine some of the significant moral concerns inherent in cases of treatment
refusal involving patients with psychotic disorders. In particular, I explore the relevance of …

Jack P. Freer, in “Decision Making in an Incapacitated Patient,” presents the reader with a
compelling dilemma. A young patient with a long-standing history of opioid abuse and …

DISCUSSION There is usually no dispute over whether a medical or surgical consultation
should be performed. This is because both the physician requesting the consultation and the …

The author discusses the position of the plaintiffs in Rogers v. Okin, a legal case in which it
was argued that involuntarily committed mental patients have the right to refuse psychotropic …

Closely related to the problems of competency and consent discussed in the preceding
chapter is the question of how to handle treatment refusals by patients. It was noted there …

In this paper I describe the piecemeal development of the law regarding capacity to consent
to treatment. I note how the requirement has changed from Justice Cardozo's low-level …

In healthcare ethics, autonomy is often conceptualized as selfdetermination. A person is
autonomous if he can make his own decisions regarding treatment and care. Autonomy can …

Wenger and Halpern's timely article perceptively identifies some major clinical and ethical
issues that arise when one confronts a medical patient's refusal of a psychiatric consultation …

Autonomous decisionmaking in matters affecting the body and mind is one of the most
valued liberties in a civilized society.'This liberty encompasses the right to self-determination …

Let me begin by quoting from a short news article that appeared in the New York Times on
November 1, 1979. Entitled “Judge Curbs Forced Medication in Treatment of Mental …