Chapter 1.

Introduction

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When Treatment Leads to Execution: Mental Health and the Law

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Author: Ronald J. Comer

Princeton University

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1.1 When Treatment Leads to Execution: Mental Health and the Law

This video presents a case in which a convicted murderer with schizophrenia faces execution. Lawyers and doctors are interviewed, arguing both sides of the question of whether he is mentally competent to be executed. If his symptoms are lessened through drug treatment, he will become eligible for execution. As a result, some doctors refuse to treat him. As you watch, consider the ethical and legal dilemmas that this situation poses for clinicians.

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