Psychiatric Ethics and a Politics of Compassion: The Case of Detained Asylum Seekers in Australia

Journal of Bioethical Inquiry

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-75

  Zion, Deborah ^a   Briskman, Linda ^b   Loff, Bebe ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asylum seekers; Bioethics: Medical ethics; Conflict dualities of interest; Mental health; Psychiatry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPATHY; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL DISEASE; MIGRATION; POLICY; POLITICS; PRISON; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFUGEE;

AUSTRALIA; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EMPATHY; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; POLITICS; PRISONS; PSYCHIATRY; PUBLIC POLICY; REFUGEES;

EID: 84857655366     PISSN: 11767529     EISSN: 18724353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11673-011-9346-7     Document Type: Article

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