Patients' rights or patients' neglect: the impact of the patients' rights movement on delivery systems.
This paper offers a clinician's perspective on the complex and controversial issues related to "patients' rights." It is suggested that such "rights" interpreted and applied literally may contravene the basic right of the individual to receive needed treatment. Related issues are discussed, and a mechanism for exploring resolutions to the conflict between psychiatry and the law is suggested.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002961:Civil Rights; D003134:Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders; D003219:Confidentiality; D005260:Female; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry; D006806:Human Rights; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D008297:Male; D008499:Medical Records; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D028642:Persons with Psychiatric Disorders; D008875:Middle Aged; D028701:Patient Rights; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States