The rights of psychiatric patients in the light of the principles announced by the United Nations: A recognition of the right to consent to treatment?☆
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A shorter version of this paper was presented at the XXth International Congress of Law & Mental Health, Montréal, June 16, 1994. This topic is more fully developed in my book, Le Droit du Patient Psychiatrique de Consentir à un Traitement: Élaboration d'une Nouvelle Norme Internationale, Montréal, éditions Thémis (1996).
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Member of the Quebec Bar. LL.B Université du Québec à Montréal; LL.M. Université de Montréal. Research Assistant, Centre de recherche en droit public, Université de Montréal.