title: Are confinement and treatment synonyms?
abstract: The law deals with the question of compulsory confinement, not with compulsory treatment even if sentences are given commenting on the law. The controversy is whether the confinement's aim is to prevent the patient from harming himself and society or to obtain treatment. In the name of humanity the distinction made by the law between the act of hospitalization and treatment robs medicine of its essence so making the psychiatric ward merely a place of custody. The law has to deal with both the confinement and the treatment as synonyms and their application needs no separate consideration and decision. This dilemma will be discussed further based upon appropriate sentences.
authors.affiliation: Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gonen
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Floru
mesh_terms: D002961:Civil Rights / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D003134:Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D028642:Persons with Psychiatric Disorders; D010344:Patient Advocacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D016312:Treatment Refusal