The test of compulsion in mental health law: capacity, therapeutic benefit, and dangerousness as criteria for compulsion
(2003)
Journal Article
Bartlett, P. (2003). The test of compulsion in mental health law: capacity, therapeutic benefit, and dangerousness as criteria for compulsion. Medical Law Review, 11(3), https://doi.org/10.1093/medlaw/11.3.326
This paper considers three possible justifications for psychiatric compulsion - dangerousness, capacity and therapeutic benefit.