The right to refuse psychotropic drugs.
The right to refuse medical treatment has been accepted by the courts, health care personnel and consumers throughout Canada and the United States. Yet for some situations, the right to refuse medical treatment remains a matter of serious public debate. One of the most complex of these circumstances occurs when an institutionalized person is to be treated with a psychotropic drug.
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D002170:Canada; D006801:Humans; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016312:Treatment Refusal
D011619:Psychotropic Drugs