The legal and ethical framework for psychiatry

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• 作者：Gareth S. Owen ; Benjamin W.J. Spencer ; Richard A.A. Kanaan
• 关键词：autonomy ; ethics ; law ; Mental Capacity Act ; Mental Health Act ; psychiatry
• 刊名：Medicine
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：December, 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：40
• 期：12
• 页码：666-667
• 全文大小：57 K

文摘

The compulsory detention and treatment of patients is a key ethical issue facing psychiatry. It involves clinicians overriding the apparent autonomy of their patients, with ensuing ethical implications. The legal basis for detention and treatment is equally complex, with two acts - the Mental Health Act and the Mental Capacity Act - both applying to patients with mental illness.