INVOLUNTARY HOSPITALIZATION - MEDICAL OR JUDICIAL AUTHORITY

Authors
Citation
M. Sigal, INVOLUNTARY HOSPITALIZATION - MEDICAL OR JUDICIAL AUTHORITY, Israel journal of psychiatry and related sciences, 31(4), 1994, pp. 254-260
Citations number
2
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry
ISSN journal
03337308
Volume
31
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
254 - 260
Database
ISI
SICI code
0333-7308(1994)31:4<254:IH-MOJ>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
The case described in this paper is the basis of two verdicts, which a re very important case law precedents. These verdicts, given in connec tion with the new law for the treatment of the mentally ill, clarify t he framework in which involuntary hospitalization in Israel is impleme nted. These verdicts exemplify the shifting of authority, on the issue of commitment, from the medical model to a more judicial one. Althoug h the first step in the commitment system is still performed by a phys ician (the district psychiatrist), the entire system is now under stri ct judicial supervision, and the legal procedure is of utmost importan ce.