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Mental illness and legal discrimination

Philip Sugarman · International Psychiatry · 2010

Sir: Tony Zigmond's editorial is categorical in condemning the detention of people who are competent but mentally ill (Zigmond, 2009). He notes that the driver for this is risk, in both UK and international legislation. He contrasts this with physical treatment, for which he, and the judicial authority he quotes, believe competency gives an absolute right to refuse.

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