CHEMICAL RESTRAINTS AND CHILDREN - AUTONOMY OR VERACITY

Authors
PARKER JG
Citation
Jg. Parker, CHEMICAL RESTRAINTS AND CHILDREN - AUTONOMY OR VERACITY, Perspectives in psychiatric care, 31(2), 1995, pp. 25-29
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,Nursing
Journal title
Perspectives in psychiatric care → ACNP
ISSN journal
00315990
Volume
31
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
25 - 29
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-5990(1995)31:2<25:CRAC-A>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
TOPIC. The ethical issues involved in chemical control of children wit h attention deficit disorder (ADD) PURPOSE. To assist nurses giving ch emical injections to children to make ethically based decisions SOURCE . Application of ethical principles in a specific clinical situation C ONCLUSIONS. The author concludes that institutionalized children deser ve competent nurses who are able to make ethical or moral decisions co ncerning these young patients' care