Question

should a patient have the right to refuse treatment , even if he or she is psychotic treat to himself or herself or others exist.

Answer 1

Right to refuse treatment is also fundamental to legal requirements for the psychiatric patients.

In a psychiatric in-patient setting,even an involuntarly committed patient generally have right to refuse recommonded medication unless a legally permissible mechanisms over rides refusal.

Normally, all patients have right to accept or refuse the treatment.

Medical professionals must therefore make sure that patinets agree before giving treatment.

The most significant reason why individuals with psychotic disorder fail to take their medication is because of lack of awareness of their illness.

Other reasons include drug or alcohol abuse,poor relationship between psychiatrist and patient.

Someone who enters the hospital voluntarily and shows no imminent risk of danger to self or others may express right to refuse treatment by stating that he or she wants to leave the hospital.

Right to refuse treatment was built on basis of rights to privacy,equal protection under law and due process.

Exception of right to refuse treatment:

Emergency: A doctor can provide an involuntary treatment,a medication given by mouth or injection only to control the emergency.

Whatever the emergency treatment provided during emergency cannot be continued after the emeeemerg has no passed.