The ethics of legally detaining a patient who has tuberculosis.
Patients with infectious diseases can be detained in hospitals under the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984. Jennie Negus and colleagues reflect on a case that illustrates the ethical problems of implementing the current legislation in a hospital.
Negus
Jennie
J
Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London.
Viney
Kerri
K
Bothamley
Graham
G
D032781:Codes of Ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D010344:Patient Advocacy / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D010356:Patient Isolation / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011790:Quarantine / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D016312:Treatment Refusal / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006113:United Kingdom