Medicating Children: The Case of Ritalin

In response to recent concerns about the overmedication of children, this paper considers ethical and conceptual issues that arise in the issue of when children who are diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder should be given stimulants such as the psychotropic drug Ritalin as part of...

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Main Author: Perring, Christian (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 1997
In: Bioethics
Year: 1997, Volume: 11, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 228-240
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