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Case Reports
. 1976 Oct;46(4):660-668.
doi: 10.1111/j.1939-0025.1976.tb00964.x.

Patients' rights or patients' neglect: the impact of the patients' rights movement on delivery systems

Harcharan S Sehdev  1
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Patients' rights or patients' neglect: the impact of the patients' rights movement on delivery systems

Harcharan S Sehdev. Am J Orthopsychiatry. 1976 Oct.

Abstract

This paper offers a clinician's perspective on the complex and controversial issues related to "patients' rights." It is suggested that such "rights" interpreted and applied literally may contravene the basic right of the individual to receive needed treatment. Related issues are discussed, and a mechanism for exploring resolutions to the conflict between psychiatry and the law is suggested.

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