Informed consent and the psychiatric patient
Informed consent is reviewed as it applies to psychiatric patients. Although new legislation, such as the Mental Health Act 1983, provides a useful safeguard for the protection of the civil rights of patients, it could actually reduce their humane care unless applied with sensitivity for the nature...
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Language: | English |
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BMJ Publ.
1987
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Journal of medical ethics
Year: 1987, Volume: 13, Issue: 1, Pages: 12-16 |
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