Ethics in the practice of psychiatry in South Africa

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 5 I, 2000, Pages 498-503

  Szabo, Christopher P ^a   Kohn, Robert ^b   Gordon, Alan ^b   Levav, Itzhak ^b   Hart, George A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFIDENTIALITY; FAMILY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PARANOID PSYCHOSIS; PATIENT CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS; PARANOID DISORDERS; PATIENT ISOLATION; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0034080405     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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