When is a voluntary commitment really voluntary?
- 1 January 1977
- journal article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery
- Vol. 47 (1) , 104-110
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1939-0025.1977.tb03250.x
Abstract
Cognitive disorganization limits a person's capacity to act voluntarily, because such action requires a significant degree of attention and comprehension. The compliance of a psychotic person who fails to understand his own actions may be construed by clinicans as voluntary behavior. This possible misuse of voluntary hospitalization is examined, and the employment of categories other than voluntary and involuntary is suggested.Keywords
This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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- Informed consent in voluntary mental hospital admissionsAmerican Journal of Psychiatry, 1975