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Involuntary Medication: Harper Procedures Closely Reviewed  


Author:  Fred Cohen .


Source: Volume 14, Number 06, March/April 2013 , pp.85-87(3)




Correctional Mental Health Report

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Abstract: 

A court finds that the decision to involuntarily medicate a long time inmate who deteriorates from what is initially an unspecified psychotic disorder to ultimately paranoid schizophrenia resulted only after the Involuntary Medication Administration Procedure was followed in close detail.

Keywords: United States v. Hardy; Santos v. Bush, 874 F.Supp.2d 408; Washington v. Harper, 494 U.S. 210; Santos v. Bush, 2012 WL 5395221

Affiliations:  1: Executive Editor.

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