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Overview of psychiatric ethics III: principles-based ethics.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  17612879     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this paper is to consider the application of principle-based medical ethics to psychiatry. CONCLUSIONS: Principles-based medical ethics is a useful tool for resolving ethical dilemmas in psychiatry in that clinical aspects of ethical dilemmas can be better articulated then in other methods . The ethical dilemmas unique to psychiatry, such as those related to impairment of autonomy, present a challenge to the method. After considering a case example, we conclude that psychiatrists can best utilise a principles based approach to ethical dilemmas when they combine this with a level of critical reflection in the light of other ethical theories, such as virtue ethics, as well as close consideration of the clinical and social context of the ethical dilemma.
Authors:
Michael Robertson; Christopher Ryan; Garry Walter
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists     Volume:  15     ISSN:  1039-8562     ISO Abbreviation:  Australas Psychiatry     Publication Date:  2007 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2007-07-06     Completed Date:  2007-10-18     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9613603     Medline TA:  Australas Psychiatry     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  281-6     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Sydney South West Area Health Service (Eastern Sector), Sydney, NSW, Australia. mrobertson@med.usyd.edu.au
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Casuistry
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Decision Support Techniques
Ethics, Medical*
Female
Humans
Informed Consent / ethics
Kidney Transplantation / ethics
Living Donors / ethics
Mental Competency / psychology
New South Wales
Personal Autonomy
Principle-Based Ethics*
Psychiatry / ethics*
Psychotic Disorders / diagnosis,  psychology
Social Values

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