Author Question: Dr. Sheffield has found that forcing his patients to take medication has caused a problem with being ... (Read 57 times)

sheilaspns · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Dr. Sheffield has found that forcing his patients to take medication has caused a problem with being able to treat them effectively. This problem is likely to be that ____.

a. patients who are forced to take medication tend to become overmedicated and can't focus on therapy
b. he becomes so exhausted from forcing treatment on the patients that his own personal resources become depleted and he can't focus on their therapy
c. it is illegal in all cases to force treatment on anyone who is unwilling to embrace it
d. patients who are forced into treatment resist it, which nullifies the potentially beneficial effects of therapy

Question 2

In the case of Youngberg vs. Romeo (1982), the court ruled that Nicholas Romeo had a right to ____.

a. refuse medication
b. the least restrictive environment possible considering his mental status
c. reasonable care and safety
d. be mainstreamed back into his community