title: The right to refuse treatment: mental patients and the law.
authors.forename: Michael D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Wade
mesh_terms: D002961:Civil Rights; D003068:Coercion; D003134:Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders; D035881:Compensation and Redress; D003216:Conditioning, Operant; D003617:Dangerous Behavior; D004467:Economics; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D007326:Institutionalization; D007603:Jurisprudence; D037141:Mandatory Programs; D016743:Mental Competency; D028642:Persons with Psychiatric Disorders; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D010358:Patient Participation; D028701:Patient Rights; D018907:Privacy; D011612:Psychosurgery; D011678:Punishment; D012067:Religion; D012306:Risk; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016312:Treatment Refusal