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A 24-year-old man with schizophrenia has been made an involuntary inpatient at an authorised hospital in Perth under the Mental Health Act 2014 (WA) after refusing treatment for a relapse. He speaks Tigrinya and little English. He also has a displaced fracture of the right wrist, sustained before admission, for which the orthopaedic team recommends operative fixation. He objects to the antipsychotic, to the operation, and to his parents being contacted. Which one of the following is he no longer entitled to do?
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