THE SECLUSION AND RESTRAINT OF THE MENTALLY ILL CHILD

Abstract

The Food and Drug Administration's purpose is to serve the public and protect the public health. There's a general standard of safety and effectiveness for drugs and devices set by the Food and Drug Administration. In everyday life, individuals eat food, take medications and use medical devices and these activities are done for the most part voluntarily. Physicians, nutritionists, advertisers, and labelling may advise the public about what foods to eat, drugs to take, and devices to use, however the choice is still ultimately left to the consumer.