TY - JOUR T1 - The Influence of the Right to Refuse Treatment on Precommitment Patients JF - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online JO - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law SP - 5 LP - 9 VL - 16 IS - 1 AU - Joseph D. Bloom AU - Mary H. Williams AU - Sally L. Godard AU - Larry R. Faulkner Y1 - 1988/03/01 UR - http://jaapl.org/content/16/1/5.abstract N2 - The unplanned extension of the right to refuse treatment to the precommitment period is described in this paper. This extension of the right to refuse treatment has important public policy implications for the civil commitment process. These implications, as well as the pros and cons of the extension of the right to refuse treatment, are discussed. ER -