| Commentary: A curious conception. | |
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PMID: 21389164 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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Nau et al. describe a woman with schizophrenia who remains in denial of her pregnancy. They raise several legal issues including involuntary commitment, capacity to decide treatment, and conservancy. They review potentially pertinent legal decisions that might inform treatment decisions of women who refuse care during pregnancy. They then conclude that no clear precedents are available that clearly inform the treatment decisions in this particular case: hard cases make bad law (and vice versa). Reconsidering the case from a purely clinical perspective, there may have been some lost opportunities to find common ground or make a compromise with the patient, thus avoiding court altogether. Reconsidering the diagnosis raises questions about the use of antipsychotic medication during this pregnancy. |
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Authors:
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Seth Powsner |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Comment; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Volume: 39 ISSN: 1943-3662 ISO Abbreviation: J. Am. Acad. Psychiatry Law Publication Date: 2011 |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2011-03-10 Completed Date: 2011-07-25 Revised Date: 2012-04-12 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9708963 Medline TA: J Am Acad Psychiatry Law Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 40-3 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Yale University/Yale-New Haven Hospital, 20 York Street, Room CB 2039, New Haven, CT 06510-3202, USA. seth.powsner@aya.yale.edu |
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Decision Making* Denial (Psychology)* Female Humans Maternal-Fetal Relations / psychology* Mental Competency Mothers / psychology* Physician-Patient Relations Pregnancy Schizophrenia / drug therapy |
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Comment On:
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J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2011;39(1):31-9
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21389163
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Comment In:
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J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2012;40(1):156; author reply 156-7
[PMID:
22396352
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