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Massachusetts high court rules patients may refuse antipsychotic drugs
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held that mental hospital patients have the right to be wrong on medical treatment and may refuse antipsychotic drugs unless a judge finds them incompetent. The ruling addresses nine questions from the federal appeals court in a 1975 suit brought by Boston State Hospital patients over mandatory medication and seclusion.
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