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Right to Treatment

By: Abigail Keys, Jay Trambadia & Christopher Edwards
In: Cultural Sociology of Mental Illness: An A-to-Z Guide
Edited by: Andrew Scull
Subject:Sociology of Health & Illness, Clinical Psychology (general)
Keywords:emergencies; hospitals; patient advocacy; patient discharge; patient dumping; patient rights; patients

The traditional view of medicine has supported the paternalistic role of medical professionals to make decisions on the behalf of their patients, including treatment initiation, termination, and modality. For many years, this practice was accepted as a whole, without question, by ...

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  Keys, A., Trambadia, J., & Edwards, C. (2014). Right to treatment. In A. Scull (Ed.), Cultural sociology of mental illness: An A-to-Z guide (Vol. 1, pp. 758-759). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781483346342.n278
  
  Keys, Abigail, Jay Trambadia, and Christopher Edwards. "Right to Treatment." In Cultural Sociology of Mental Illness: An A-to-Z Guide, edited by Scull, Andrew, 758-59. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483346342.n278.
  
  Keys, A., Trambadia, J. and Edwards, C. 2014. Right to Treatment. In: Andrew Scull Editor, 2014. Cultural Sociology of Mental Illness: An A-to-Z Guide, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 758-759 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781483346342.n278> [Accessed 15 Jun 2021].
  
  Keys, Abigail, et al. "Right to Treatment." Cultural Sociology of Mental Illness: An A-to-Z Guide. Edited by Andrew Scull. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2014, pp. 758-59. SAGE Knowledge. 15 Jun 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781483346342.n278.
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