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This summary, based on these comments and observations, is appropriate for discussion and debate in the classroom setting.<\/p>\n<h3><em>Starson v Swayze<\/em>, 2003 SCC 32, [2003] 1 SCR 722<\/h3>\n<p>A majority of the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) overturned a decision that allowed doctors to prescribe treatment to a man with bipolar disorder treatment without his consent.&nbsp; The Court also held that the test for capacity must look to whether a patient demonstrates \u201can inability to appreciate [the] risks and benefits\u201d of a given treatment [para. 111].&nbsp;The full decision is available <a href=\"http:\/\/scc.lexum.org\/en\/2003\/2003scc32\/2003scc32.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","resource-type":[10],"area-of-law":[212,224,138],"subject-area":[18],"grade-level":[25,24],"resource-audience":[],"resource-format":[],"class_list":["post-744","resource","type-resource","status-publish","hentry","resource-type-case-summaries","area-of-law-controversial-issues-in-law","area-of-law-health-law","area-of-law-charter-law","subject-area-law","grade-level-grade-12","grade-level-grade-11"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Top Five 2003: Starson v Swayze - OJEN<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Top Five 2003: Starson v Swayze - OJEN\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Each year at OJEN\u2019s Toronto Summer Law Institute, a judge from the Court of Appeal for Ontario identifies five cases that are of significance in the educational setting. 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