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080220L - COMPULSORY TREATMENT OF MENTAL PATIENTS

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Background material for Year 2 Semester 2 PPSD Session on 20th February 2008


1.  Describe ethico-legal issues in compulsory detention and treatment of patients with psychiatric conditions associated with self-harm or harm to others.

2.      Describe legal liabilities of a physician who fails to recognize and treat a mental condition that later leads to self-harm or harm to others.

3.      Discuss the conflict between religious rulings on suicide with autonomy rights.