HIV attacks the health of infected persons. Some of them will develop psychiatric illnesses. / The first chapter examines two of the many possible consequences on mental health. First, an increased incidence of suicide on the part of infected persons and second, the influence of HIV/AIDS on their decisions concerning treatment, in particular when they are terminally ill. / Some mentally ill persons with HIV/AIDS will be involuntarily hospitalized. The second chapter compares the mental health law of Quebec and Ontario governing involuntary hospitalization. / The third chapter examines consent to or refusal of treatment by mentally ill persons with HIV/AIDS in particular with respect to their competence. It explores the law governing substitute decision-making for incompetent persons. / The last chapter considers what protections of the rights of mentally ill people with HIV/AIDS are provided under Quebec and Ontario human rights codes and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.61181 |
| Date | January 1992 |
| Creators | Locas, Lorraine |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | French |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Laws (Institute of Comparative Law.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001266005, proquestno: AAIMM74855, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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