least restrictive alternative

the U.S. legal directive that less treatment rather than more (e.g., community care vs. hospitalization) is the most desirable objective in treating people with a chronic mental disorder. The principal consideration is combining safety concerns with the minimum level of restrictions on personal liberty. This position was emphasized in two decisions of U.S. Court of Appeals Judge David L. Bazelon (1910–1993) in 1966: Rouse v. Cameron and Lake v. Cameron.

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May 4th 2024

MLH1

a germ-line mutation located on the short arm of chromosome 3 and associated with hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC). See also MSH2.