[Act CLXXXI of 2005 on the modification of certain health legislation--from the viewpoint of clinical psychiatrists].
In their paper the authors summarize the most important issues of the latest amendments of the Hungarian Health Act connected with psychotherapy and the care of psychiatric patients. They also touch on the relation between informed consent and the various therapies that can be used in emergency and compulsory settings, with particular attention to electroconvulsive therapy. The authors also review the legal problems posed by the amended rules of voluntary hospital admission in the case of incompetent and partially incompetent psychiatric patients. Some consideration is given to the interpretation of those amended rules which are presumed to be the most problematic ones in practice.
Vizi
János
J
Országos Szakfelügyeleti Módszertani Központ, Budapest, Hungary. info@pharmaproject.hu
Ilku
Lívia
L
D003134:Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy; D004638:Emergency Treatment / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D016743:Mental Competency / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D028701:Patient Rights / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000458:organization & administration; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*