Jarvis hearings refer to

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processes in

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, United States, that are made for patients who may have

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disabilities to be given treatment with

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medicines without their consent. The hearings are based upon a decision of the

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, Jarvis v. Levine, 418 NW 2d 139 - Minn: Supreme Court 1988 Similar rights exist in most other States.Beck, "Right to Refuse Antipsychotic Medication: Psychiatric Assessment and Legal Decision-Making," 11 ''Mental & Physical Disability L.Rep.'' 368 (1987).

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