Unreasonable obstinacy: Ethical, deontological and forensic medical problems
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Ethical and deontological issues in psychiatry
General ethic principles in psychiatry are similar to those in somatic therapy, psychiatry being the medicine of the mind. The needs of the patient and society are the main focus of this medical specialty. Obtaining informed consent and cooperation can be encouraged if adequate information is disclosed to the patient from the outset. If the therapeutic measures that are being implemented (espec...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Public Health Research
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2279-9036,2279-9028
DOI: 10.4081/jphr.2018.1460