An Attorney Is Arguing Before a Judge That His Client

question 84

Multiple Choice

An attorney is arguing before a judge that his client, involuntarily committed to a mental institution, is being forced to take medication and that medication is used only as a means of controlling patients, not treating them. He wants his client to be allowed to refuse medication. Which legal decision should the attorney use to support his position?

• A) Rennie v. Klein
• B) Tarasoff v. Board of Regents of University of California
• C) Wyatt v. Stickney
• D) Durham standard

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Definitions:

Marginal Cost

The elevation in aggregate expenditure associated with creating an additional unit of a product or service.

Economic Profit

The difference between total revenue and total costs, including both explicit and implicit costs, reflecting the total gains from undertaking an economic activity.

Marginal Revenue

The extra revenue earned by selling an additional unit of a product or service.

ATC

Stands for Average Total Cost, which is the sum of all costs (fixed and variable) divided by the quantity of output produced.