Detained patients and the right to refuse treatment
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https://doi.org/10.19164/ijmhcl.v0i6.360Abstract
R (Wilkinson) v. Broadmoor RMO (1) Mental Health Act Commission (2) Secretary of State for Health (Interested party) [2001] EWCA Civ 1545
Court of Appeal (22nd October 2001) Simon Brown LJ, Brooke LJ and Hale LJ
A detained patient’s right to refuse treatment to which he or she objects has been greatly strengthened by a recent decision of the Court of Appeal, applying the provisions of the Human Rights Act 1998, although in reaching its decision the Court of Appeal has posed as many questions for the future of the law in this area as it has answered.
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