Podejmowanie czynności leczniczych wobec osób cierpiących na zaburzenia odżywiania (anorexia nervosa)
The Medical Treatment of Patients Suffering from Eating Disorders (Anorexia Nervosa)
Author(s): Kinga Bączyk-RozwadowskaSubject(s): Health and medicine and law, Philosophy of Law, Administrative Law
Published by: Temida 2
Keywords: eating disorders; anorexia nervosa; psychiatric (mental) illness; mental disorders; life-threatening conditions; the state of necessity; coerced hospitalization; psychiatric treatment; coerced admission for psychiatric observation;
Summary/Abstract: The aim of this study is to answer the question of whether the law allows for the coerced hospitalization and treatment of adult and non-incapacitated patients suffering from eating disorders. The analysis concerns anorexia nervosa as one of the most serious and dangerous of these disorders due to its high mortality. The considerations include two groups of provisions: Articles 30 and 33 of the Act on the Professions of Doctor and Dentist (Sejm of the Republic of Poland, 1996) and Articles 23-24 of the Act on Mental Health Protection (Sejm of the Republic of Poland, 1994). The author concludes that under the later Act, anorexic patients cannot be admitted to hospital against their will because they are not mentally ill; according to the view of most doctors, anorexia is not an illness but a disorder. The study ends with conclusions and de lege ferenda remarks (proposals for changes to the Act on Mental Health Protection).
Journal: Białostockie Studia Prawnicze
- Issue Year: 30/2025
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 181-202
- Page Count: 22
- Language: Polish
