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"Involuntary Commitment"

Here's a question that I've faced time and time again in both my professional and personal life:  when it is ethical to commit a person involuntarily into a medical facility?  Should the bar be set so high that only those who are a danger to themselves or others can taken into medical custody against their will?  Or should other factors be taken into account?  When, for example, does involuntarily commitment take away the civil rights of people who are mentally-ill?  Those are some of questions being asked this week on PBS's Religion & Ethics Newsweekly.  You can click here to read or watch their thoughtful story.

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