Questão jurídica principal
Whether the appellate court violated the right to be heard by refusing the patient's evidentiary request on drug risks and alternatives.
Decisão extraída
Yes. The requested expert clarification was essential for the proportionality assessment of forced medication, especially regarding possible long-term side effects and alternatives.
Fundamentação extraída
A coercive neuroleptic treatment is a serious interference with personal liberty and dignity; the courts must carry out a full balancing of interests and take possible side effects into account. The appellate court could not delegate this assessment entirely to physicians.