Gutheil T G
Am J Psychiatry. 1985 Feb;142(2):213-6. doi: 10.1176/ajp.142.2.213.
After almost 9 years of passage through various courts, the right-to-refuse-treatment case of Rogers v Commissioner of Mental Health has reached its final resolution in Massachusetts. The author outlines the substantive rulings of this decision in contemporary context, its importance for clinicians in general, and its implications for practice. He proposes that the case presents many problematic elements that could possibly impede good clinical care.
在历经各级法院近9年的审理后，罗杰斯诉精神健康专员案中关于拒绝治疗的权利问题在马萨诸塞州达成了最终裁决。作者在当代背景下概述了这一裁决的实质性内容、它对广大临床医生的重要性及其对实践的影响。他提出，该案件存在许多可能阻碍优质临床护理的问题因素。
