In recent years, stories of extreme cases of patient mistreatment at the hands of their doctors and nurses have made headlines in the US and Canada. Earlier this summer, an Ontario superior court justice ruled that the Ontario government and two doctors were liable in a case involving the torture of 28 patients at an Ontario maximum-security mental health facility. The techniques used included solitary confinement, the administration of hallucinogens and delirium-inducing drugs, and brainwashing...
