title: Informed consent and the mental patient: California recognizes a mental patient's right to refuse psychosurgery and shock treatment.
authors.forename: Zachary E
authors.initials: ZE
authors.lastname: Zwerdling
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D002961:Civil Rights; D003068:Coercion; D030881:Disclosure; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy; D026724:Ethical Review; D004989:Ethics; D017041:Ethics Committees; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D007326:Institutionalization; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D016743:Mental Competency; D028642:Persons with Psychiatric Disorders; D011612:Psychosurgery; D013219:State Government; D020458:Third-Party Consent; D016312:Treatment Refusal