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Michael Ferguson v State Hospital Management Committee

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
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Michael Ferguson v State Hospital Management Committee
   
Issue: Whether a patient with a personality disorder should be discharged on the basis that he was not treatable; whether containment in a structured environment together with nursing care amounted to treatment.
   
Court: Lanark Sheriff’s Court
   
Reference:   B71/98
   
Neutral Citation:  
   
Judge(s): Sheriff JD Allan
   
Date: 26 April 1999