Addressing oppression in psychiatric care: A relational ethics perspective

Ethical Human Sciences and Services

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 69-78

  Austin, Wendy ^a,b   Bergum, Vangie ^a   Nuttgens, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL PATIENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW;

MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES;

BEHAVIOR CONTROL; COERCION; DEHUMANIZATION; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; PHILOSOPHY; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 4944230239     PISSN: 1523150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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