Since the proclamation of the 1982 Canadian Bill of Rights,there has been increasing recognition across the provinces and territories of the right for competent,involuntary patients to refuse treatment.

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The 1982 Canadian Bill of Rights was superseded by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which does not specifically address the issue of involuntary patients refusing treatment. The recognition of such rights has evolved through case law and provincial/territorial health care legislation rather than directly from the 1982 proclamation.

Since the Proclamation of the 1982 Canadian Bill of Rights,there