Complexity of ethical decision making in psychiatry

Ethics and Behavior

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-14

  Morenz, Barry ^a,b   Sales, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Morals; Psychiatry; Social values; Teaching

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION; ARTICLE; BENEFICENCE; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; CASE REPORT; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CUSTODY; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ETHICS; FEE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; FREEDOM; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; JURISPRUDENCE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; MENTAL PATIENT; MOTIVATION; PATIENT CARE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHIATRY; STANDARD; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES;

ALTRUISM; BENEFICENCE; CODES OF ETHICS; COERCION; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; ETHICS; ETHICS, MEDICAL; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; FEES AND CHARGES; FREEDOM; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; JURISPRUDENCE; LEGAL GUARDIANS; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; MOTIVATION; PATIENT CARE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; PSYCHIATRY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SOCIETIES; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 0030688791     PISSN: 10508422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327019eb0701_1     Document Type: Article

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