Ethical issues in forensic psychiatric research on mentally disordered offenders

Bioethics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-44

  Munthe, Christian ^a   Radovic, Susanna ^a   AnckarsÄter, Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dual role dilemma; Ethics; Forensic psychiatry; Informed consent; Mentally disordered offenders; Public good; Research ethics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRIMINAL LAW; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL PATIENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRISONER; RESEARCH ETHICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; CRIMINAL LAW; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS, RESEARCH; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMED CONSENT; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; PRISONERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 72249117164     PISSN: 02699702     EISSN: 14678519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2009.01773.x     Document Type: Article

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