title: Descriptive ethics and neuroleptic dose reduction.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Descriptive ethics and related concepts of beneficence, justice, and autonomy.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To provide a framework to aid in decision making when neuroleptic drugs are decreased in a vulnerable elderly population.
  
  
  METHODS
  A clinical situation is used to illustrate the ethical issues considered in neuroleptic drug reduction.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  While compassion permeates the ethical concerns of psychiatric mental health nurses, disciplined thought is also needed.
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Kinion
authors.forename: N L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Jonke
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Paradise
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D016903:Drug Monitoring; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care; D016294:Models, Nursing; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents