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Compulsory medication within the prison system
1Maastricht University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Health Law, The Netherlands.
Medicine and Law
|August 10, 2001
Abstract:
This paper deals with: 1. the legal principles concerning compulsory medication of the mentally disordered prisoner; 2. the legal possibilities and limitations for compulsory medication within penitentiaries in the Netherlands; 3. a critical evaluation of these legal rules with a view to the above-mentioned principles.