{"id":169101,"date":"2024-05-31T15:23:28","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T13:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=169101"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:27:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:27:23","slug":"can-you-make-contraception-mandatory-for-psychiatric-patients-students-learn-about-the-health-rights-of-people-with-disabilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2024\/05\/31\/can-you-make-contraception-mandatory-for-psychiatric-patients-students-learn-about-the-health-rights-of-people-with-disabilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Can you make contraception mandatory for psychiatric patients? Students learn about the health rights of people with disabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"

How can we safeguard the rights of people with disabilities and where do we draw the line when it comes to self-determination for this group? These are the central questions in Andr\u00e9 den Exter\u2019s International Health Law course. \u201cThis course give me a broader view of the law.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhat have you seen in the news over the past week?\u201d lecturer Andr\u00e9 den Exter asks his students. He always kicks off this course with an overview of current events in the field of health law. \u201cI read that the case against the nurse who was suspected of killing twenty COVID patients<\/a> has been dropped\u201d, says a student.<\/p>\n\t

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Course: <\/strong>International Health Law (from 13:00\u201316:45 on Monday afternoons in the Theil building, C1-3).<\/p>\n

Lecturer: <\/strong>Andr\u00e9 den Exter.<\/p>\n

Subject: <\/strong>Health rights of people with disabilities.<\/p>\n

Audience:<\/strong> More than thirty future lawyers.<\/p>\n

Reason to attend:<\/strong> You get a glimpse into the world of health care, not only in the Netherlands but around the globe. You discuss actual court cases without too much jargon or the need to remember sections of the law.<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n

Duty of confidentiality<\/h2>

The case against nurse Theodoor V. had been initiated on the basis of information from the mental health service in Drenthe. Because the nurse had turned off ventilators and administered extra morphine, twenty COVID patients reportedly died. V. himself allegedly confessed this to counsellors of the mental health service in Drenthe, where he was undergoing therapy for mental health issues. The counsellors passed on the information to Wilhelmina Hospital in Assen, where V. worked. The hospital then filed a complaint against the nurse.<\/p>\n

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\u201cBut can you just pass on information your client shares with you during a therapy session?\u201d Den Exter asks the students. He gives them a hint: \u201cThink about the Mandatory Mental Healthcare Act.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI understand that psychologists have a duty of confidentiality, but what V. is said to have done put other people at risk. So I guess it\u2019s possible in this case?\u201d, one student says uncertainly.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think you\u2019re only allowed to breach confidentiality if you think the danger still exists and there\u2019s a risk of the act being repeated in the future\u201d, another student says.<\/p>\n

\u201cExactly\u201d, the lecturer nods. \u201cThat\u2019s the key point: the risk of repetition of the offence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t

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