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Can a doctor/nurse send me straight to hospital without my consent if my weight has dropped?

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Self-destructive?: Laws vary between nations/states but generally if a person is in immediately life -threatening situation &demonstrates impaired judgment, they can be involuntarily hospitalized for short period until judge decides if they're capable of making informed choices. If someone has lost life-threatening amount of weight and shows poor insight to the problem, then they can be held against their will.

Dr Seibert agreed

Answered 9/29/2016

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