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The right to refuse treatment under Rogers v. Commissioner: preliminary empirical findings and comparisons
S K Hoge1, T G Gutheil, E Kaplan
1Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester 01605.
The Bulletin of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
|January 1, 1987
Abstract:
Preliminary findings on the effects of the Massachusetts ruling in Rogers v. Commissioner, an important right to refuse treatment case, are compared with models in other jurisdictions. In sum, few cases are reviewed; in almost all reviewed, the court overrides the patients' refusal. The case raises troubling implications about due process and quality of care.