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Originally Posted by WeepingWillow23
It seems like they only help if you're an informal patient (which I would never be), and if Drs wanted ECT and you were under section, they could do it even with the advance directive. Seems completely pointless then?! Plus, yeah how would the hospital know what you wanted when your pdoc (who would have a copy) wouldn't know you were admitted. There seems to be no escaping the power of psychiatry 
*Willow* |
I gave you another link in the next post re: ECT. They changed the law (now Part IV, s58A MHA 1983) so that you still have to give your valid consent if you're mentally competent. You can be mentally competent and still subject to a section.
Usually, you give a copy of an advance directive to lots of people -- consultants concerned, GPs, your family. Hopefully somebody would have a copy of it and bring it to the hospital's attention, though it might not prevent them treating you with stuff you don't want for the first few hours/days.
Have you ever been under a section?
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