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A cross-sectional study of experienced coercion in adolescent mental health inpatients [PDF]
Background Involuntary care and coercive measures are frequently present in mental healthcare for adolescents. The purpose of this study was to examine to what extent adolescents perceive or experience coercion during inpatient mental health care, and to
Olav Nyttingnes +4 more
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Abstract This chapter considers two questions: First, in what sense does coercion undermine voluntariness, and second, can offers be coercive? The second is particularly relevant in bioethics, as there are a number of practical debates in which it is claimed that vulnerable individuals’ autonomy is undermined by their being subject to ...
Kiener, Maximilian
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In difficult times, political, social or economic, it is usually the case that opportunities for politicians, bureaucrats and men of power to exploit their fellow men and to threaten their liberties increase. No apology, therefore, is required to justify
Wertheimer, Alan
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Why coercion is wrong when it’s wrong [PDF]
It is usually thought that wrongful acts of threat-involving coercion are wrong because they involve a violation of the freedom or autonomy of the targets of those acts.
Sachs, Benjamin Alan
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Mental healthcare in Uganda: desperate challenges but real opportunities
Recent reports have highlighted human rights concerns in Ugandan mental healthcare. This article describes the current situation in terms of healthcare funding and provision, concerns regarding legislation, and health inequalities.
Andrew Molodynski +2 more
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Background The use of coercion is morally problematic and requires an ongoing critical reflection. We wondered if not knowing or being uncertain whether coercion is morally right or justified (i.e.
Bert Molewijk +4 more
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BackgroundReproductive coercion and abuse is a major public health issue, with significant effects on the health and well-being of women. Reproductive coercion and abuse includes any form of behaviour that intentionally controls another person's ...
Jessica E Moulton +3 more
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LEGAL MODEL OF STATE COERCION AS TO A SPECIAL CATEGORY OF PERSONS
Objective: to develop a legal model of state coercion against individuals with mental disorders.Methods: dialectical method, analysis, synthesis, description, explanation.Results: identifying features of the semantic and meaningful understanding of state
T. M. Sekretareva
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The morality of coercion [PDF]
The author congratulates Dr Brian Hurwitz, who recently reported the successful “intimidation” of an elderly competent widow into accepting badly needed therapy for a huge ulcerated carcinoma. He reports approvingly of the Israeli Patients' Rights Law, enacted in 1996, which demands detailed informed consent from competent patients before permitting ...
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Key international themes in coercion
Coercion remains a dominant theme in mental healthcare and a source of major concern. While the presence of coercion is ubiquitous internationally, it varies significantly in nature and degree in different countries and is influenced by a variety of ...
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