Legal, ethical and clinical implications of prescribing involuntary, life-threatening treatment: The case of the sunshine kid

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 856-860

  Irvin, Tracey L ^a  

^a Behavioral Medicine Institute of Atlanta   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacity; Competence; Forensic psychiatry; Forensic science; Involuntary treatment; Nonmaleficence; Patient autonomy; Substitute decision making

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE;

ADULT; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; LOBECTOMY; LUNG TUMOR; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MIDDLE AGED; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037711548     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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