Making sense of 'consent' in a constrained environment

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 176-183

  Larkin, Michael ^a   Clifton, Elizabeth ^b   de Visser, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ST ANDREW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consent; Inpatients; Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis; Mental Health Act; Psychiatrists

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPRETATIVE PHENOMENOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PHENOMENOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

COMMUNICATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE;

EID: 67349186923     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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