In Indonesia, in order to be admitted into a social care rehabilitation center, it is required that the patient be compliant with any and all medication/treatment administered. In many healing centers, lots of these individuals are coerced into taking baths with a “special water”, drinking random herbal concoctions, and undergoing painful supposedly “therapeutic” massages as part of these forced treatments.
A substratum standard of medical ethics is informed consent. Informed consent is a fundamental human right and forcing individuals to take certain medications or undergo treatments without their consent is a violation of this right. The UN special rapporteur on torture has noted that “involuntary treatment and other psychiatric interventions
A substratum standard of medical ethics is informed consent. Informed consent is a fundamental human right and forcing individuals to take certain medications or undergo treatments without their consent is a violation of this right. The UN special rapporteur on torture has noted that “involuntary treatment and other psychiatric interventions