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1998, tom 7, suplement 3
Original article
Unclear legal regulations concerning involuntarily committed patients vis a vis the rights of psychiatric patients
EWA BIZOŃ1,
URSZULA LUDWIKOWSKA1
1. Wojewódzkiego Szpitala dla Nerwowo i Psychicznie Chorych w Pruszkowie
Postępy Psychiatrii i Neurologii, 1998, 7, suplement 3 (8), 91-95
Keywords: involuntarily committed patients, patient rights
Summary
The authors present several cases illustrating the unclarity of legal regulations concerning involuntarily committed patients and inconsistency of these regulations with the rights of psychiatric patients, guaranteed by the Mental Health Act and therapeutic community principles.
Correspondence address
Dr Ewa Bizoń,
Wojewódzki Szpital dla Nerwowo i Psychicznie Chorych,
ul. Partyzantów 2/4,
05-802 Pruszków
Wojewódzki Szpital dla Nerwowo i Psychicznie Chorych,
ul. Partyzantów 2/4,
05-802 Pruszków