title: Law, psychiatry and rights.
abstract: This article deals with the effect of the shift in emphasis from the moral rights to the legal rights concept in psychiatry with reference to matters such as involuntary civil commitment, the right to treatment, the right to refuse treatment, the duty to warn or to protect, the duty to protect future patients from abusive colleagues and the duty to become politically active.
authors.affiliation: Forensic Center, Mendota Mental Health Institute, Madison.
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D003134:Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D017007:Duty to Warn / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D028642:Persons with Psychiatric Disorders; D010344:Patient Advocacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D028701:Patient Rights; D011057:Politics; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D016312:Treatment Refusal; D014481:United States