Psychiatric advance directives and the right to refuse treatment in Canada

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 397-402

  Ambrosini, Daniel L ^a,b   Crocker, Anne G ^a,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Coercion; Ethics; Law; Legislation; Mental illness; Psychiatric advance directives; Treatment refusal

Indexed keywords

CANADA; EMPIRICISM; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; JURISPRUDENCE; LAW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; REVIEW; STIGMA; TREATMENT REFUSAL; WELLBEING;

EID: 34347229085     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: 14970015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674370705200610     Document Type: Review

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