The relation between autonomy-based rights and profoundly mentally disabled persons.

Limitations on reproductive autonomy for the mentally handicapped.

Rights of Vulnerable People: Trembled in Health Care Setting

Informed consent is obtained from a person undergoing any treatment and from surrogates if the person is not able to consent or is incompetent. In some cases where a person is incompetent and is unable to make consent then in such situations family decisions sometimes override individual’s rights to autonomy, dignity and health care. This commentary article is based on a case study of a mentall...

The Relationship between Mental Pressure and Job Burnout of Nurses Working in the Centers of Mentally Disabled Adults

Objectives: Nurses of mentally disabled adults’ centers are encountered with high pressures and stresses and the objective of this study is the investigation of the relationship between the mental pressure of the nurses of mentally disabled adults’ centers and their job burnout. Methods: This study was done on 180 nurses of different shifts of Nurses of mentally disabled adults’ centers of M...

Outing the Madman: Fair Housing for the Mentally Handicapped and Their Right to Privacy versus the Landlord's Duty to Warn and Protect

This article examines the serious potential for a clash between two sets of values: (1) the stated values of the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, that persons handicapped within its terms should not be denied access to decent housing on that account, and that mentally handicapped tenants, especially those who may have, but do not necessarily possess, a propensity for violence, have privacy ...

Modeling of Recovery Profiles in Mentally Disabled and Intact Patients after Sevoflurane Anesthesia; A Pharmacodynamic Analysis

PURPOSE Mentally disabled patients show different recovery profiles compared to normal patients after general anesthesia. However, the relationship of dose-recovery profiles of mentally disabled patients has never been compared to that of normal patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty patients (10 mentally disabled patients and 10 mentally intact patients) scheduled to dental surgery under gen...