Legal and Ethical Reflection on the Management of Open-loop Psychiatric Ward
- VernacularTitle:开放式精神病房管理中的法律与伦理思考
- Author:
Mingfang MA
;
Jing XU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Open-loop Psychiatric Ward;
Laws;
Ethics
- From:
Chinese Medical Ethics
1994;0(06):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
The establishment of open-loop psychiatric ward is an innovation for mental disease treatment,while new legal and ethical issues become evident.For instance,psychiatric patients with no guardians or agents can not normally sign the informed consent form at hospitalization.It is extremely difficult to make a definite diagnosis in some cases.Informed consent form is refused by certain guardians due to the misunderstanding of psychiatric diseases.This paper explores those legal and ethical issues arising in the medical treatment in open-loop psychiatric ward,and comes up with relevant countermeasures.
