Can involuntarily admitted patients give informed consent to participation in research?

South African Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 10-12

  van Staden, C W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT; LAW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT RIGHT; PROTECTION; RESEARCH ETHICS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 33947387602     PISSN: 16089685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v13i1.5     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Van Staden CW, Kruger C. Incapacity to give informed consent owing to mental disorder. J Med Ethics 2003; 29: 41-43.
2. Republic of South Africa. Mental Health Care Act No. 17 of 2002.
3. Republic of South Africa. Mental Health Act No. 18 of 1973.
4. Office of the President. Mental Health Care Act No. 17 of 2002 General Regulations. Government Gazette 2004, vol. 474, no. 27117.
5. Republic of South Africa. Criminal Procedure Act No. 51 of 1977.
6. Lord High Chancellor. Making Decisions: The Government's Proposal For Making Decisions on Behalf of Mentally Incapacitated Adults. London: HMSO, 1999.
7. Department of Health and the Welsh Office. Code of Practice: Mental Health Act, 1983. London: HMSO, 1993.
8. Moser DJ, Arndt S, Kanz JE, et al. Coercion and informed consent in research involving prisoners. Compr Psychiatry 2004; 45: 1-9.
9. Davies T. Informed consent in psychiatric research. Br J Psychiatry 2001; 178: 397-398.
10. Fulford KWM, Howse K. Ethics of research with psychiatric patients: principles, problems and the primary responsibility of researchers. J Med Ethics 1993; 19: 85-91.
11. Osborn DJP. Research and ethics: leaving exclusion behind. Curr Opin Psychiatry 1999; 12: 601-604.
12. Royal College of Psychiatrists. Guidelines for research ethics committees on psychiatric research involving human subjects. Psychiatric Bulletin 1990; 14: 48-61.
13. Welie SP, Berghman RL. Inclusion of patients with severe mental illness in clinical trials: issues and recommendations surrounding informed consent. CNS Drugs 2006; 20: 67-83.
14. Rosenau H. Legal prerequisites for clinical trials under the revised Declaration of Helsinki and the European Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine. European Journal of Health Law 2000; 7: 105-121.
15. Rosenstein DL, Miller FG. Ethical considerations in psychopharmacological research involving decisionally impaired subjects. Psychopharmacology 2003; 171: 92-97.