| 1. | Even involuntary patients who escape are not pursued, Felix said.
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| 2. | As an involuntary patient, she witnessed and experienced a range of abuses.
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| 3. | The HCPC accepts both voluntary and involuntary patients.
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| 4. | The guidelines that resulted have been criticized for failing to protect the rights of involuntary patients.
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| 5. | Steinmeyer, however, said he thinks 100 or more involuntary patients may have been involved in research projects.
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| 6. | In May 1990 the board found David was not mentally ill and recommended he be discharged as an involuntary patient.
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| 7. | In the U . S . state of Connecticut, involuntary patients must be examined annually by a court-appointed psychiatrist.
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| 8. | In the view of Richard Gosden, it is principally designed to protect the rights of voluntary patients, not involuntary patients.
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| 9. | The problems of involuntary patients are addressed by the document in a way that tends to undermine their rights rather than protect them.
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| 10. | As an involuntary patient she was unable to leave the facility and became, she said, " a prisoner of the system ".
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