The Right to Refuse Antipsychotic Drugs: Safeguarding the Mentally Incompetent Patient's Right to Procedural Due Process
Year: 1990
Type: article
Abstract: 1982).The legitimacy of civil commitment was upheld in Addington v. Texas, 441 U.S. 418 (1979), where the Supreme Court held that the fourteenth amendment requires a "clear and convincing" standard of proof in a civil proceeding brought under state law to involuntarily commit an individual to a mental hospital for an indefinite period.Id. at 433. SeeUnited States v. Charters, 863 F.2d 302 (4th Cir.1988) (right to refuse granted); Dautremont v. Broadlawns Hosp., 827 F.2d 291 (8th Cir.1987) (state interest overrides right to refuse); Project Release v. Prevost, 722 F.2d 960 (2d Cir.1983) (right to refuse granted); Osgood v. District of Columbia, 567 F. Supp.1026 (D.D.C. 1983) (right to refuse recognized); Davis v. Hubbard, 506 F. Supp.915 (N.D. Ohio 1980) (right to refuse recognized); Rogers v. Okin, 478 F. Supp.1342 (D.Mass.1979) (right to refuse granted), aff'd in part, rev'd in part, 634 F.2d 650 (1st Cir.1980), vacated and remanded sub.nom., Mills v. Rogers, 457 U.S. 291 (1982); Rennie v. Klein, 462 F. Supp.1131 (D.N.J. 1978) (single action) and 476 F. Supp.1294 (D.N.J. 1979) (class action) (right to refuse granted), aff'd in part, rev'd in part, 653 F.2d 836 (3d Cir.1981), vacated and remanded, 458 U.S. 1119 (1982), on remand, 720 F.2d 266 (3d Cir.1983); Barnes v. Dale, 530 So. 2d 770 (Ala.1988) (right to be free from unnecessary medication confirmed); Riese v.St. Mary's Hosp.& Medical Center, 196 Cal.App.3d 1388, 243 Cal.Rptr.241 (1987) (informed consent required before antipsychotic drugs may be administered); People v. Medina, 705 P.2d 961 (Colo.1985) (informed consent required); In re Bryant, 542 A.2d 1216 (D.C.Ct.App.1988) (court used substituted judgment of trial court and administered drugs); In re Orr, 176 Ill.App.3d 498, 531 N.E.2d 64 (1988) (right to refuse recognized); In re Mental Commitment of M.P., 500 N.E.2d 216 (Ind.1986) (right to refuse recognized); Guardianship of Linda, 401 Mass.783, 519 N.E.2d 1296 (1988) (right to refuse granted); Rogers v. Comm'r of Dept. of Mental Health, 390 Mass.489, 458 N.E.2d 308 (1983) (incompetent patients appointed a guardian to monitor treatment); Jarvis v. Levine, 418 N.W.2d 139 (Minn.Ct.App.1988) (right to refuse recognized); Matter of Rice, 410 N.W.2d 907 (Minn.Ct.App.1987) (state interest balanced against patient's right to refuse treatment); Opinion of the Justices, 123 N.H. 296, 465 A.2d 484 (1983) (finding of incompetency needed before forcibly administering drugs); In re Hospitalization of B., 156 N.J.Super.231, 383 A.2d 760 (1977) (right to refuse denied); Rivers v. Katz, 67 N.Y.2d 485, 495 N.E.2d 337, 504 N.Y.S.2d 74 (Ct.App.1986) (informed consent needed to administer psychotropic drugs); In re Mental Health of K.K.B., 609 P.2d 747 (Okla.1980) (right to refuse granted); State ex.reL Jones v. Gerhardstein, 141 Wis.2d 710, 416 N.W.2d 883 (1987) (right to refuse granted).See generally Rhoden, The Right to Refuse Psychotropic Drugs, 15 HARV.C.R. -C.
Source: Marquette law review
Author: Mary C. McCarron
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1492597171