These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Civil liberties versus involuntary hospitalization.
    Author: Rachlin S, Pam A, Milton J.
    Journal: Am J Psychiatry; 1975 Feb; 132(2):189-92. PubMed ID: 1111323.
    Abstract:
    The authors examine the issue of involuntary hospitalization for mental illness with particular reference to legal rights and civil liberties. Follow-up data of patients treated on a closed ward, as well as other available evidence, indicate that society is not ready for the abolition of involuntary hospitalization. The authors believe that the most fundamental right of the patient is that of adequate treatment, and therefore this should take precedence over an absolute right to liberty.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]