Doctor testifies girl's drug treatment 'senseless'

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Title:
Doctor testifies girl's drug treatment 'senseless'
Description:
Concerning the Rogers v. Okin trial about mental patients' right to refuse treatment. A physician criticizes the use of antipsychotic drugs to treat a teenage girl with mental disabilities, saying that she had been given up to twice the maximum recommended dosage, and says that she suffers from the side effect tardive dyskenesia.
Creator:
Bruzelius, Nils J.
Date:
February 17, 1978
Format:
Manuscripts
Genre:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Box 3 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
Judi Chamberlin Papers
Subjects:
Patients--Civil rights
Psychotropic drugs--Side effects
Extent:
1 p.
Link to Item:
https://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums768-b003-f028-i039
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Place of origin:
Boston (Mass.)
Language:
English
Notes:
Digitization sponsored by the Council on Library and Information Resources.
Identifier:
mums768-b003-f028-i039