Caring, control, and clinicians' influence: Ethical dilemmas in developmental disabilities

Ethics and Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 349-364

  Friedman, Sandra L ^a,b   Helm, David T ^a,c   Marrone, Joseph ^d  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Columbia River Mental Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental disabilities; Ethics; Mental retardation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; BENEFICENCE; CASE REPORT; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FREEDOM; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JUVENILE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; MENTAL PATIENT; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTRUISM; BENEFICENCE; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; FAMILY; FREEDOM; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS; MINORS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 0033286550     PISSN: 10508422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327019eb0904_5     Document Type: Article

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