Respect for patient autonomy in forensic psychiatric nursing.
A fundamental issue that forensic psychiatric nurses struggle with is respect for patient autonomy, as the two liberal prerequisites for autonomy, liberty and rationality, are either absent or compromised in forensic psychiatric settings. In this paper, a contemporary feminist perspective of autonomy, relational autonomy, will be advanced as an alternative approach to the traditional liberalist, Kantian, perspective of autonomy. The concepts of autonomy, paternalism, and justice will be discussed in relation to forensic psychiatric nursing.
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Donald N
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Faculty of Nursing, Joint Center for Bioethics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.
D005555:Forensic Psychiatry; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing; D011582:Psychological Theory