Former champion says public safety fears led to adoption of measures that seriously curtailed patients' freedoms [The Independent, Sunday 14 April 2013, Sanchez Manning]
Professor Burns said: ‘The evidence is now strong that the use of CTOs does not confer early patient benefits despite substantial curtailment of individual freedoms. Their current high usage should be urgently reviewed.’ [The Times, Tuesday 26 March, Martin Barrow]
See also: The Lancet, Early Online Publication, 26 March 2, doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60107-5