Dilemma

[mindstalk]

What do you do when someone really really needs to go to the hospital, but really really doesn't want to go? I was raised with a horror of forced hospitalization; it's biting me now.

Comments

[pompe.livejournal.com]

Find a friendly doctor to make a home visit and let him/her explain the person really has to go.

[lyceum-arabica.livejournal.com]

I agree... merciless nagging and guilt-tripping combined with well-researched appeals to authority would be my first tactic. make sure they fully understand and cannot avoid thinking about *everything* that's at stake. ...if people aren't permitted to ignore the reality of the situation, they'll often make the sensible choice on their own, at least, that's been my experience. it's just that people are often very creative and persistant about ignoring the reality of a situation.

er. if that failed and it was a life-threatening problem, i guess i'd go for saving their life though.

(good luck)