Abortion: A psychiatric patient's right to choose

Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 9-12

  De Nesnera, Alexander ^a   Grandfield, Sylvia ^a   Cummings, Kathleen ^a   Bryant, Emily ^a  

^a New Hampshire Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL PATIENT; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; SCHIZOPHRENIA; THERAPEUTIC ABORTION; UNITED STATES;

ABORTION, LEGAL; ADULT; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; ETHICS COMMITTEES; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PREGNANCY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034133096     PISSN: 02793695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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