Ethics in electroconvulsive therapy [electronic resource] / Jan-Otto Ottosson, Max Fink.
Few mental illness treatments are more reviled in the public mind than Electroconvulsive Shock Therapy. However, in reality, ECT is a safe and effective treatment for cases of clinical depression and catatonia that are unresponsive to drug therapy. Also, unlike drugs, ECT has relatively few side eff...
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Brunner-Routledge,
2004.
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Table of Contents:
- The stigmatization of ECT
- Principles of medical ethics
- Previous ethical approaches to ECT
- Beneficence
- Non-maleficence
- Autonomy
- Justice
- Balancing ethical principles.