PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Joseph D. Bloom
AU  - Mary H. Williams
AU  - Sally L. Godard
AU  - Larry R. Faulkner
TI  - The Influence of the Right to Refuse Treatment on Precommitment Patients
DP  - 1988 Mar 01
TA  - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
PG  - 5--9
VI  - 16
IP  - 1
4099  - http://jaapl.org/content/16/1/5.short
4100  - http://jaapl.org/content/16/1/5.full
SO  - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law1988 Mar 01; 16
AB  - 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.