Ethical issues in mental illness / / Caroline Dunn

• Autore: Dunn Caroline <1946-, >
• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (208 pages)
• Disciplina: 174/.2
• Soggetto topico: Psychiatric ethics; Mental health services - Moral and ethical aspects
• Note generali: First published 1998 by Ashgate Publishing.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Introduction -- 2. Mental illness and autonomy -- 3. Autonomy and treatment models of mental illness -- 4. Involuntary hospitalisation and treatment -- 5. Psychotropic medication -- 6. ECT and psychosurgery -- 7. Psychotherapy -- 8. Community care -- 8. Conclusion.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book is an attempt to address the ethical issues raised by mental illness and its treatment by focusing on the question of autonomy. The mentally ill may be regarded as non-autonomous by virtue of irrationality, which may result in treatment models which deny them a voice. As a counter to this, some have moved to the other extreme and argued that the mentally ill must be regarded as fully autonomous in all circumstances, and consequently that all their wishes regarding treatment must be respected. This book examines the ethical consequences of such simplistic approaches towards autonomy and mental illness, and considers the ethical issues raised by specific forms of treatment. It is suggested in conclusion that improvement in the care and treatment of the mentally ill requires not only a fundamental change in social attitudes but also a less impoverished conception of autonomy than some of those currently employed.
• Titolo autorizzato: Ethical issues in mental illness
• ISBN: 1-351-93907-6; 1-138-26914-X; 1-315-25611-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910154983403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Avebury series in philosophy.