RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The convention on human rights and biomedicine and the use of coercion in psychiatry
JF Journal of Medical Ethics
JO J Med Ethics
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Institute of Medical Ethics
SP 430
OP 434
DO 10.1136/jme.2002.000703
VO 30
IS 5
A1 T Tannsjo
YR 2004
UL http://jme.bmj.com/content/30/5/430.abstract
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.