In Quebec, a Psychiatrist Can Commit a Patient with Schizophrenia

question 20

Multiple Choice

In Quebec, a psychiatrist can commit a patient with schizophrenia if they refuse to take their medications.This provincial difference is due to which of the following?

• A)It is the result of more liberal definitions of competence.
• B)It is the result of more liberal definitions of dangerousness.
• C)It is the result of restricting patients' right to refuse treatment.
• D)It is the result of more narrow definitions of dangerousness.

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