Gigliotti G A, Rubin J
Department of Economics, Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick.
Med Law. 1990;9(5):1132-45.
When courts do not defer to professional medical judgement alternative ways must be found to make treatment decisions for persons who are deemed incompetent. Rather than impose the preferences of society upon the mentally ill individual, US courts favoured alternative procedures such as substituted judgement and the principle of the patient's best interest.
当法院不遵从专业医学判断时，就必须找到其他方法来为那些被认定无行为能力的人做出治疗决定。美国法院并未将社会的偏好强加于精神疾病患者身上，而是倾向于采用诸如替代判断和患者最佳利益原则等替代程序。
