Chemical restraints and children: autonomy or veracity?
OBJECTIVE
The ethical issues involved in chemical control of children with attention deficit disorder (ADD).


OBJECTIVE
To assist nurses giving chemical injections to children to make ethically based decisions.


METHODS
Application of ethical principles in a specific clinical situation.


CONCLUSIONS
The author concludes that institutionalized children deserve competent nurses who are able to make ethical or moral decisions concerning these young patients' care.
Parker
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D000374:Aggression; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002648:Child; D002651:Child Advocacy; D002673:Child, Hospitalized; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing