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8) Does the <strong>legislation</strong> promote
community care <strong>and</strong>
deinstitutionalization?
D. Rights of users of mental health services
1) Does the <strong>legislation</strong> include the <strong>rights</strong>
to respect, dignity <strong>and</strong> to be treated in a
<strong>human</strong>e way?
2) Is the right to patients’ confidentiality
regarding information about themselves,
their illness <strong>and</strong> treatment included?
a) Are there sanctions <strong>and</strong>
penalties for people <strong>who</strong>
contravene patients’
confidentiality?
b) Does the <strong>legislation</strong> lay down
exceptional circumstances when
confidentiality may be legally
breached?
c) Does the <strong>legislation</strong> allow
patients <strong>and</strong> their personal
representatives the right to ask for
judicial review of, or appeal
against, decisions to release
information?
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