Compulsory medical treatment: The limits of bodily integrity

Hastings Center Report

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 11-12

  Gostin, Lawrence O ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LEGAL APPROACH; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; PATIENT RIGHT; PRISONER; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES;

LEGAL APPROACH; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

HUMANS; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PATIENT RIGHTS; PRISONERS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1542678314     PISSN: 00930334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3528629     Document Type: Short Survey

References (11)

1. L. Greenhouse, "Justices Restrict Forced Medication Preceding a Trial," New York Times, June 17, 2003.
2. Winston v. Lee, 470 U.S. 753, 759 (1985) ("compelled surgical intrusion into an individual's body⋯ implicates expectations of privacy and security");
3. Cruzan v. Director, Mo. Dept. of Health, 497 U.S. 261, 278-279 (1990).
4. Sell v. United States, 123 S. Ct. 2174 (2003).
5. Riggins v. Nevada, 504 U.S. 127, 142-145 (1992) (J. Kennedy, concurring in judgment).
6. See T.M. Meekins, "This is Your Mind on Drugs: The Justices Made it Hard to Force Meds on Mentally 111 Defendants. Or Did They?" Legal Times, 14 July 2003.
7. D.M. Siegel, A.J. Grudzinskas, Jr., and D.A. Pinals, "Old Law Meets New Medicine: Revisiting Involuntary Psychotropic Medication of the Criminal Defendant," Wisconsin Law Review. 307 (2001): 308-379.
8. Washington v. Harper, 494 U.S. 210, 221 (1990).
9. Riggins v. Nevada, 504 U.S. 127, 133-135 (1992).
10. United States v. Weston, 255 F.3d 873 (DC Cir. 2001).
11. J. Groner, "New Challenge Expected by Hill Shooter: Ruling Could Reopen Question of Weston's Forced Medication," Legal Times, 23 June 2003.