PSY240H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Parens Patriae, Involuntary Commitment, Pierre Trudeau
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What is ethical: guidelines and expectations, things you should do (laws are what you have to do, ethical guidelines get codified into law, things you should do but they are open to interpretation, ethics is extremely changeable. There are significant overlaps between laws and ethical guidelines. Police, lawyers/attorneys, physicians and psychologists (lawyers get the last word on interpreting the law) Mental health professionals, if they are deemed dangerous to themselves or to other people, legally they can be committed for assessment (in ontario, you cannot commit for treatment but can do it for assessment. Statutory law: supreme court of ontario (interpreted the constitutional law: e. g. , ontario does not have obligation to treat somebody without consent). In quebec, you do not require consent for treatment. Common law: only place in canada and united states that doesn"t have common law is quebec. They have civil law: common law operates through precedence.
