Competency to be executed and forced medication: Singleton v. Norris

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 372-376

  Zonana, Howard V ^a,b,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CMHC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

COMPETENCE; ETHICS; HUMAN; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PHYSICIAN; PRISONER; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; REVIEW;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; LEGAL APPROACH; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES;

ARKANSAS; CAPITAL PUNISHMENT; CIVIL RIGHTS; COERCION; HUMANS; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; PRISONERS; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 0141998012     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (8)

1. Ford v. Wainwright, 477 U.S. 399 (1986)
2. The Principles of Medical Ethics with Annotations Especially Applicable to Psychiatry. American Psychiatric Association: Washington, DC, 2001, p 5
3. American Medical Association Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs: Physician Participation in Capital Punishment (adopted as CEJA Opinion 2.06). AMA: Chicago, 1992
4. Singleton v. Norris, 319 F.3d 1018 (8th Cir. 2003)
5. Washington v. Harper, 494 U.S.210 (1990)
6. Riggins v. Nevada, 504 U.S. 127 (1992)
7. U.S. v. Sell, 282 F.3d 560 (8th Cir. 2002)
8. Sell v. U.S., 123 S. Ct. 2174 (2003)