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Bournewood: a patient who did not resist, but could not leave
HL v. UK (Bournewood): informal detention of a compliant incapacitated patient violated Art. 5
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- Country / period
- United Kingdom
- Mechanism
- HL v. UK (Bournewood): informal detention of a compliant incapacitated patient violated Art. 5
- Documentation and status
- SUPPORTED
- Similarity to California
- Highlights "voluntary" admissions that are not voluntary — relevant to California's voluntary/involuntary boundary
- Difference from California
- —
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Reference and provenance
2004-ECHR-HL-UK