When Kenneth Donaldson Sued a Florida State Mental Hospital for Failing

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Multiple Choice

When Kenneth Donaldson sued a Florida state mental hospital for failing to provide treatment for him during 14 years of confinement, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the state
Has ______.

• A) a right to involuntarily confine a person for mental illness even if that person poses no danger and could safely survive in the community
• B) a right to involuntarily confine a person in a mental hospital if the person is dangerous, even if that person is not mentally ill
• C) no right to involuntarily confine a person who is dangerous unless the person is proven to be mentally ill
• D) no right to confine a person for mental illness unless that person poses a clear and present danger or cannot safely survive in freedom

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Definitions:

Organ Of Corti

Named for Italian anatomist Marquis Alfonso Corti (1822–1888). Spiral organ; rests on the basilar membrane and supports the hair cells that detect sounds.

Perilymph

Fluid contained within the bony labyrinth of the inner ear.

Medial Geniculate Nucleus

A part of the thalamus that acts as a relay station for auditory information on its way to the cerebral cortex.

Inferior Colliculus

One of two rounded eminences of the midbrain; involved with hearing.