Denying autonomy in order to create it: The paradox of forcing treatment upon addicts

Addiction

Volumn 103, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1919-1921

  Caplan, Arthur ^a,b  

^a Department of Medical Ethics ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Autonomy; Mandatory treatment; Naltrexone; Paternalism; Right to refuse treatment

Indexed keywords

NALTREXONE;

BIOETHICS; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EDITORIAL; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT DECISION MAKING;

COERCION; ETHICS, CLINICAL; HUMANS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 55649113358     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2008.02369.x     Document Type: Editorial

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