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== Coercion == In some countries, voluntary patients are able to choose to decline treatment,<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last1=Prebble |first1=Kate |last2=Thom |first2=Katey |last3=Hudson |first3=Elizabeth |date=2015-05-04 |title=Service Users' Experiences of Voluntary Admission to Mental Hospital: A Review of Research Literature |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13218719.2014.959156 |journal=Psychiatry, Psychology and Law |language=en |volume=22 |issue=3 |pages=327β336 |doi=10.1080/13218719.2014.959156 |s2cid=71213314 |issn=1321-8719|url-access=subscription }}</ref>{{Rp|page=327}} but service users may feel the need to comply with treatment to avoid formal commitment and remain in inpatient treatment and can experience [[informal coercion]] and some research suggests some voluntary patients are [[Involuntary treatment|involuntarily]] forced to undergo treatment.<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|page=330}} Voluntary patients are often not familiar with their legal rights or aware of their status.<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|page=331}}
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