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ISLAMIC MEDICAL EDUCATION RESOURCES-05

0802-Compulsory Treatment of Mental Patients

Background material for Year 2 Semester 2 PPSD Session on 20th February 2008

1. Describe ethico-legal issues in compulsory detention and treatment of patients with psychiatric conditions associated with self-harm or harm to others.

 

 

 

 

 

2. Describe legal liabilities of a physician who fails to recognize and treat a mental condition that later leads to self-harm or harm to others.

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.  Discuss the conflict between religious rulings on suicide with autonomy rights.

ŠProfessor Omar Hasan Kasule, Sr. February, 2008