Though some patients refuse medication, the percentage was regarded as far lower than the number of patients who want pain relief if given the choice.

The one about the right to refuse medication?

For nearly three years after the shootings, he refused medication.

She attempted suicide, went on hunger strikes and refused medication to underscore her protests.

It was the first case to establish that such a patient has the right to refuse medication in the US.

Fervent feminists once refused medication as a badge of honor.

However, they can be required to be monitored by their team and returned to hospital quickly if they refuse medication.

She refused food or medication, so Rayford merely covered her.

New York is among several states that now provide judicial hearings for mentally ill inmates who refuse medication.

Outlook: Refused medication until city moved to get court order.