- ect.org - http://www.ect.org -

ECT is banned in Swiss Canton

Posted By Juli On 24th October 2006 @ 11:58 In Legislation | No Comments

An interesting report from John Dawson reviews laws in New Zealand, Switzerland, the UK and Canada.

from: COMMUNITY TREATMENT ORDERS: INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS
John Dawson
May 2005
Funded by the New Zealand Law Foundation

Referring to the canton of [1] Geneva:

“There is an active consumer advocacy organisation, known as the Patients’ Council, and the use of ECT is banned by law in the canton.”

Page 82:
[2] Full report


Article printed from ect.org: http://www.ect.org

URL to article: http://www.ect.org/ect-is-banned-in-swiss-canton/

URLs in this post:
[1] Geneva: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canton_of_Geneva
[2] Full report: http://www.otago.ac.nz/law/otagoCTO/publications/pdfs/Dawson_CTO_Report.pdf

Click here to print.