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Mental health law is the area of the law that is applied specifically to persons with a diagnosis or possible diagnosis of mental illness, and to the people involved in managing or treating others in this situation.
[2] [13] Providing treatment to an individual to enable that person to become competent to be executed places mental health professionals in an ethical dilemma. [14] The National Medical Association takes the position that ethically it is a physician's duty to provide treatment, regardless of the patient's legal situation.