PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Tannsjo, T TI - The convention on human rights and biomedicine and the use of coercion in psychiatry AID - 10.1136/jme.2002.000703 DP - 2004 Oct 01 TA - Journal of Medical Ethics PG - 430--434 VI - 30 IP - 5 4099 - http://jme.bmj.com/content/30/5/430.short 4100 - http://jme.bmj.com/content/30/5/430.full SO - J Med Ethics2004 Oct 01; 30 AB - According to a recent convention on human rights and biomedicine, coercive treatment of psychiatric patients may only be given if, without such treatment, serious harm is likely to result to the health of the patient; it must not be given in the interest of other people. In the present article a discussion is undertaken about the implication of this stipulation for the use of coercion in psychiatry in general and in forensic psychiatry in particular.