Open AccessCompulsory Admission in Hong Kong: Balance between Paternalism and Patient Liberty
Author(s) -
B Wm Siu,
Elizabeth Fistein,
Hon Wah Leung,
L Sy Chan,
ChorKwan Yan,
A Ch Lai,
Richard K.K. Yuen,
Kelvin K. Ng
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
east asian archives of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2224-7041
pISSN - 2078-9947
DOI - 10.12809/eaap1825
Subject(s) - paternalism , mental health act , harm , balance (ability) , order (exchange) , project commissioning , law , certification , mental health , publishing , medicine , political science , psychiatry , business , physical therapy , finance
In Hong Kong, compulsory admission is governed by the Mental Health Ordinance Section 31 (detention of a patient under observation), Section 32 (extension of period of detention for such a patient), Section 36 (detention of certified patients), and the sections in Part IV for hospital order, transfer order, and removal order. Mental health professionals adopt both legal criteria and practice criteria for compulsory admission. The present study discusses the harm principle, the patient's decision-making capacity, the multi-axial framework for compulsory admission, and the balance between paternalism and patient liberty.
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