Ethical considerations in caring for retarded patients.

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Other literature type 01 Nov 1979 Canada English Publisher:Scholarship@WesternJournal:Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien, volume 25 (issn: 0008-350X,

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Authors: Christie, Ronald J.; Hoffmaster, Barry;

pmid: 11665237

pmc: PMC2383396

Ethical considerations in caring for retarded patients.

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Abstract

The treatment of the mentally retarded patient may raise dramatic ethical issues for the family physician. A case is used to illustrate an example of ethical decision-making and the moral issues explored.

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Canada

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Western University
Canada

Keywords

Freedom, Informed Consent, Persons with Developmental Delay, Mentally Disabled Persons, Decision Making, 610, Reference Standards, Persons with Intellectual Disabilities, 576, Treatment Refusal, Bioethics and Medical Ethics, Paternalism, Personal Autonomy, Medicine and Health Sciences, Humans, Mental Competency, Patient Care

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