Why can't people understand medical battery and psych/mental comp issues?

[hewlett]

i lost track of how many t imes i've asked..people keep assuming i was being evalutaed for psychiatric treatment--ebven though i clearly indicate it was physical..and think its okahy for a med pro to force treatment for a physical condition on a comeptant adult


http://www.thedoctors.com/KnowledgeCenter/Publications/TheDoctorsAdvocate/CON_ID_000867

Medical Battery
by Leona Egeland Siadek, Vice President, Government Relations
Medical battery is defined as the intentional violation of a patient’s rights to direct his or her medical treatment. No injury or negligence is necessary for a finding of medical battery. Battery involves an unauthorized touching of another person. Medical battery occurs when a patient is treated without informed consent. Most commonly, battery charges are alleged where there is a dispute over whether the patient agreed to treatment or refused treatment. The agreement or refusal of treatment can be made directly with the patient, through an advance directive, or through a health care proxy.
Even when the treatment involves a life-saving procedure or when a seemingly small contact occurs, it can be deemed offensive or harmful. Laws governing medical battery vary from state to state in the same way that laws governing medical malpractice vary. The doctor does not mean to cause harm, but if the treatment is without consent, it is said to be imposed against the patient’s will.

This is NOT a MENTAL HEALTH issue like people keep assuming.

I was assumed to be incomeptant to make medical decisions because of cognitive ability/mental status…NOT being a danger to myself or others..

By law..medical pros (EMT/Nurse/DOC) needs to make a good faith attempt to verify competency…not 6 hours later like they did to me

This situation involves a chronic PHYSCIAL Condition that I was forced to undergo treatment fro (under the threat of being held hostage). They assumed I had an altered mental status..and did not evaluatre for 6 hours…when they later determined I was of sound mind and perfectly capable of refusing phsycal care for my chronicphysical condition

[patwin87]

You said the last time you posted this question that it was a psyche hold. I would like you help you but you keep changing the story.

Yes, you can be held involuntarily on a psyche hold. However, you admitted the last time you posted this that you gave consent to treat. It doesn't matter that you later changed your mind.

[stanciyf]

So what are you saying? You were evaluated for psychiatric treatment.