在憲法脈絡下強制就醫制度的重新檢視─兼論實務上可行的操作對策【本期企劃】 試閱
The Re-examination of the Compulsory Admission System for Psychiatric Patients from a Constitutional Perspective
本文以憲法觀點重新檢視對身心患者的強制就醫制度，並釐清其在精神衛生法、身心障礙者權利公約及其施行法和憲法間的關係為何，而該制度除了干預身心患者的人身自由外，更重要的還有醫療自主權。再者，精神衛生法未來修法的方向為何，實務上該如何設計一套更好的操作程序，讓法律和醫學可以開啟對話與合作，並保障身心病患的權利，亦為本文關注焦點。
The paper re-examines the compulsory admission system for psychiatric patients from a constitutional perspective, and tries to clarify its relations with the Mental Health Act, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Enforcement Law of the Convention, and Constitution. The compulsory admission system intervenes not only the personal liberty of the patients but more important, the autonomy rights of the patients. Furthermore, the paper discusses the direction of the Mental Health Act revision, in addition, how the judicial practices to construct a better operating procedure for the legal and medical field to communicate and cooperate together for the purpose of guaranteeing the rights of psychiatric patients.
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