Ethical issues in informed consent and ECT.
OBJECTIVE
Ethical concerns of nurses involved with electroconvulsive therapy.


METHODS
The principles of autonomy and beneficence are explored in light of a client situation.


OBJECTIVE
To equip psychiatric nurses with the knowledge needed to make ethical decisions.


CONCLUSIONS
Greater emphasis must be placed on ethical principles that guide the practice of psychiatric nursing.
Kashka
M S
MS
Keyser
P K
PK
D000368:Aged; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing