Why the professional-client ethic is inadequate in mental health care

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 51-60

  Leung, Wai Ching ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

compulsory care; ethics; human rights; mental health legislation; mental illness

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; EUROPE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH ACT (GREAT BRITAIN); MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD;

MENTAL HEALTH ACT (GREAT BRITAIN); MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ETHICS, NURSING; EUROPE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 11244285142     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0969733002ne480oa     Document Type: Article

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