The Patient's Right to Refuse Anti-Psychotic Drugs: The Court of Appeals Decision in Rogers v. Okin

Rogers v. Okin, 478 F. Supp. 1342 (D. Mass. 1979).

Rogers v. Okin, 634 F.2d 650 (1st Cir. 1980).

See, e.g., Boston Globe, Nov. 26, 1980, at 17; December 2, 1980, at 19.

Rogers v. Okin, supra note 1, at 1366, citing Superintendent of Belchertown State School v. Saikewicz, 370 N.E.2d 417, 424 (Mass. 1977) [hereinafter cited as Saikewicz].

Id., citing Saikewicz, supra note 4, at 426.

Id. at 1366, 1369.

Id. at 1367.

Rogers v. Okin, supra note 2, at 653.

Id. at 653–54, 656, 650.

Rogers v. Okin, supra note 1, at 1365.

Rogers v. Okin, supra note 2, at 654–55.

Id. at 655.

Rogers v. Okin, supra note 1, at 1369.

Rogers v. Okin, supra note 2, at 655.

Id. at 656.

Addington v. Texas, 441 U.S. 418, 426 (1979).

Rogers v. Okin, supra note 1, at 1359 (authority for the proposition that “commitment … is not an adjudication of incompetence” is derived from Mass. Gen. Laws Ann. c. 123, &sC;25).

Rogers v. Okin, supra note 2, at 661.

Id. at 660.

A case now before the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, In re Loring, No. 2257, concerns this issue.

Rogers v. Okin, supra note 2, at 661, citing Saikewicz, supra note 4, at 429–32 (adoption of substituted judgment standard).

In re Spring, 405 N.E.2d 115, 119 (Mass. 1980).

Doe v. Doe, 385 N.E.2d 995, 1000 (Mass. 1979); In re Spring, supra note 22, at 121.

Rogers v. Okin, supra note 1, at 1361; Rennie v. Klein, 462 F. Supp. 1131, 1141 (D. N.J. 1978).

Rogers v. Okin, supra note 2, at 660.

Id.

Id. at 661.

Id. n.10.