Discuss how a patient has both a right to treatment and a right to refuse treatment.
What will be an ideal response?
- right to treatment: if the court orders that they must receive treatment, that treatment must be to the best quality and access for the person, if not available, commitment is reversed
- right to refuse treatment: voluntarily committed patients have the right to refuse any treatment, but involuntarily committed patients are mandated to go through treatment by the court, legally sane can refuse treatment
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