Consent procedures and electroconvulsive therapy in South Africa: Impact of the mental health care act

South African Psychiatry Review

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 206-215

  Segal, J ^a   Thom, Rita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Consent; Electroconvulsive therapy; Mental Health Care Act

Indexed keywords

CATATONIA; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALPRACTICE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MOOD DISORDER; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHIATRIST; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 34447514350     PISSN: 18117805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ajpsy.v9i4.30219     Document Type: Review

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