不列颠哥伦比亚省现在允许医生开始对遭受严重伤害的19岁以下青年进行非自愿治疗,绕过同意来预防悲剧。 British Columbia now allows doctors to start involuntary treatment for youth under 19 facing serious harm, bypassing consent to prevent tragedies.

不列颠哥伦比亚省发布了新的指南,允许医生在遭遇诸如16岁的Elliot Staples等引人注目的案件后,如面临死亡或脑损伤等严重伤害时,不经同意,对19岁以下的青少年进行非自愿心理健康和药物使用治疗。 British Columbia has issued new guidance allowing doctors to initiate involuntary mental health and substance-use treatment for youth under 19 without consent if they face serious harm, such as death or brain damage, following high-profile cases like that of 16-year-old Elliot Staples. 这一政策转变得到戴维·埃比总理和丹尼尔·维戈博士的支持,敦促父母立即参与,并力求防止悲剧发生,使早期的家庭干预成为可能,这标志着过去的做法与以往的做法不同,过去的做法把晚年的青少年视为能够作出自己的医疗决定。 The policy shift, supported by Premier David Eby and Dr. Daniel Vigo, urges immediate parental involvement and aims to prevent tragedies by enabling earlier family intervention, marking a departure from past practices that treated late teens as capable of making their own medical decisions.