Shore J H
West J Med. 1978 Mar;128(3):207-11.
Recent changes in commitment legislation for the mentally ill have had an important impact on the role of physicians in treating these patients. New commitment laws emphasize civil rights at the expense of right-to-treatment concepts, sometimes causing neglect of severely psychotic persons. Only four western states have a high rating of conformity with a model commitment statute.
近期针对精神病患者的强制住院立法变化对医生治疗这些患者的角色产生了重要影响。新的强制住院法律强调公民权利,却以治疗权概念为代价,有时导致对重度精神病患者的忽视。只有四个西部州在与示范强制住院法规的一致性方面获得高分。