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MirandaLo

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According to the authors of your textbook, the periodic changes in the laws regarding civil commitment are a sign of a
 
  a. society that has no idea of what to do with this issue.
 b. hospital system that is ineffective in treating uncooperative patients.
  c. healthy system responding to the limits of previous decisions.
 d. prior mistake that has now been successfully corrected.

Question 2

In response to the strict civil commitment laws of the 1970s and 1980s, some states enacted legal reforms that
 
  a. shortened hospital stays.
 b. reduced the number of admissions.
 c. changed the status under which patients were committed.
  d. eliminated the doctrine of parens patriae.



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Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

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