An attorney is arguing before a judge that his client, involuntarily committed to a mental institution, is being forced to take medication and that medication is used only as a means of controlling patients, not treating them. He wants his client to be allowed to refuse medication. Which legal decision should the attorney use to support his position?

a. Rennie v. Klein
b. Tarasoff v. Board of Regents of University of California
c. Wyatt v. Stickney
d. Durham standard


A

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