Ethical issues in the use of covert video surveillance in the diagnosis of Munchausen Syndrome by proxy: The Atlanta study - An ethical challenge for medicine

HEC Forum

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-41

  Connelly, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE INCARNATE WORD   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EUTHANASIA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATIENT RIGHT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIVACY; REVIEW; VIDEORECORDING;

LEGAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADULT; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CHILD; CHILD ADVOCACY; ETHICS; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; GEORGIA; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY; PARENTAL CONSENT; PRIVACY; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0038636380     PISSN: 09562737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023287808056     Document Type: Review

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