Informal Coercion in the Physical Care of Patients Suffering from Senile Dementia or Mental Retardation

This article discusses under what circumstances patients who are suffering from senile dementia or mental retardation should be submitted to coercive care, who should decide about this kind of coercion, and in what legal framework it should take place. A distinction is drawn between modest (i.e. of...

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Main Author: Tännsjö, Torbjörn (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 1999
In: Nursing ethics
Year: 1999, Volume: 6, Issue: 4, Pages: 327-336
Further subjects:B Mental Retardation
B meddlesome coercion
B modest coercion
B Coercion
B Senile dementia
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