COMMENTARY ON THE DECISION OF THE SUPREME COURT, FILE NO. I CSK 138/08 Cover Image

GLOSA DO POSTANOWIENIA SĄDU NAJWYŻSZEGO, SYGN. AKT I CSK 138/08
COMMENTARY ON THE DECISION OF THE SUPREME COURT, FILE NO. I CSK 138/08

Author(s): Anna Lisowska
Subject(s): Criminal Law
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: mental illness; mental disturbance; threat to health and life; admission to a psychiatric hospital without patient’s consent

Summary/Abstract: This article is a commentary on the court decisions made in connection with the factual situation regarding the admission of a patient to a psychiatric hospital without their consent. In relation to the circumstances found in the case, conditions determining the acceptability of admission to a psychiatric hospital with no consent were discussed under legal regulations contained in art. 23 and 24 of the mental health act. The publication presented arguments for the rightness of providing people with healthcare services, in some circumstances without their consent.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 82
  • Page Range: 115-124
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish