title: Negotiating the ethical minefield of psychiatric nursing practice.
abstract: Psychiatric nursing practice can be likened to an ethical minefield. Nurses are often in the middle of the minefield and are pushed and pulled by forces, which are sometimes beyond their control. This paper signposts some of the more problematic areas of practice so that nurses may be equipped with at least a broad over-view of the ethical terrain.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health Studies, Eastern Institute of Technology, Hawke's Bay.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lakeman
mesh_terms: D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D008603:Mental Health; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000592:standards*