Should a suicidal patient with Huntington's disease be hospitalized against her will? Attitudes among future physicians and lawyers and discussion of ethical issues

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 136-144

  Elger, Bernice S ^a   Harding, Timothy W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CENTER OF LEGAL MEDICINE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Ethics; Huntington's disease; Involuntary hospitalization; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PHYSICIAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; STUDENT; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; TERMINAL DISEASE;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; LEGAL APPROACH; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES;

COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; SUICIDE;

EID: 1642398971     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2003.09.003     Document Type: Article

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