The test of compulsion in mental health law: capacity, therapeutic benefit, and dangerousness as criteria for compulsion

This paper considers three possible justifications for psychiatric compulsion - dangerousness, capacity and therapeutic benefit.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bartlett, Peter
Format: Article
Published: Oxford University Press 2003
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/1666/
Description
Summary:This paper considers three possible justifications for psychiatric compulsion - dangerousness, capacity and therapeutic benefit.