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Can involuntarily admitted patients give informed consent to participation in research?
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The article argues that a functional approach is ethically better than a categorical approach in deciding whether involuntarily admitted patients have the capacity to give informed consent to participation in research. Congruent with current South African laws, a functional approach requires that a patient's capacity to give informed consent to participation in research should be assessed clinically rather than assumed by virtue of his / her belonging to a category of legal admission status. Concerns about protection against exploitation may cause a categorical approach to appear attractive, but these concerns can be addressed deliberately through a functional approach without attracting the infringements of rights and entitlements of patients that are brought about by a categorical approach.
Authors :
Van Staden, C.W.
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Publisher :  Health and Medical Publishing Group     Type :  Article     Format :  111523 bytes, application/pdf    
Date Detail :
2008-01-30, 2008-01-30, 2007-02
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Informed consent, Research participation, Involuntary submitted patients, Functional approach, Patient Approach, Categorical approach, Ethics, Medicine--Research, Informed consent (Medical law), Medical ethics
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Health and Medical Publishing Group
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