Taking the Role of the Family Seriously in Treating Chinese Psychiatric Patients: A Confucian Familist Review of China's First Mental Health Act

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy (United Kingdom)

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 387-399

  Fan, Ruiping ^a   Wang, Mingxu ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Confucianism; familism; involuntary hospitalization; mentally ill patients; psychiatric ethics

Indexed keywords

CHINA; CONFUCIANISM; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL DISORDERS; MORALITY; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGY;

CHINA; CONFUCIANISM; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATIONS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGISLATION, MEDICAL; MENTAL DISORDERS; MORALS; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL;

EID: 84940204956     PISSN: 03605310     EISSN: 17445019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmp/jhv014     Document Type: Review

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