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Therapeutics > Patient Care > Institutionalization > Involuntary Commitment
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services > Health Services > Patient Care > Institutionalization > Involuntary Commitment

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Involuntary Commitment  

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Scope note

  • Non-voluntary institutionalization or isolation following refusal or failure to take medication, to complete treatment, or to adhere to infection control precautions, or behavior that may or does endanger self or others.

History note

  • 2020; use COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL 1977-2019

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000079243

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