| United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Health - 1975 - 830 páginas
...or dangerous to others, and also found that, if mentally ill, Donaldson had not received treatment. The Court held a State cannot constitutionally confine...of surviving safely in freedom by himself or with tin- help of willing and responsible family members or friends. Since the jury found upon ample evidence,... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Aging - 1975 - 1694 páginas
...the Court ruled: A State cannot constitutionally confine without more (presumably, without treatment) a nondangerous individual who is capable of surviving...the help of willing and responsible family members and friends.24 BILL DIXON Mr. Dixon is the plaintiff in the case Dixon v. Weinberger (1974). His case... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Aging - 1978 - 92 páginas
...Supreme Court to declare: "a State cannot constitutionally confine without more [than custodial care?] a nondangerous individual who is capable of surviving...willing and responsible family members or friends." * In the geriatric population alone at Florida State Hospital, there are at least two individuals who... | |
| Edward S. Corwin, Harold William Chase, Craig R. Ducat - 1978 - 694 páginas
...also found that, if mentally ill, Donaldson had not received treatment," the Court held, "In short, a State cannot constitutionally confine without more...willing and responsible family members or friends. Since the jury found, upon ample evidence, that O'Connor [the hospital superintendent], as an agent... | |
| Murray Levine - 1981 - 244 páginas
...simply because the individual is different is certainly ruled out. The US Supreme Court said: In short, a State cannot constitutionally confine without more...responsible family members or friends. O'Connor v Donaldson, (p.576) The decision did not establish a constitutional right to treatment. On the contrary, the Supreme... | |
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