[Adolescent drug use. Ethical dilemma in the diagnostic-therapeutic approach].
Illegal drug use among adolescents has increased in recent years in Spain, as well as has the risk behaviours and problems typical of adolescence. The results of studies on drug use during this stage of life reveal the serious and wide-ranging consequences that can arise. Emergency services are often the first to receive and deal with these and its professionals must face situations that pose contradictions between two of the basic ethical principles, the principle of autonomy and the principle of beneficence; an ethical dilemma that is addressed in this work.
Matalí Costa
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Unidad de Conductas Adictivas, Servicio de Psiquiatría y Psicología, Hospital Universitario Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona, España. jmatali@hsjdbcn.org
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Trenchs Sainz de la Maza
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Gabaldon Fraile
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Luaces Cubells
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D000293:Adolescent; D026688:Bioethical Issues; D006801:Humans; D007883:Legislation, Medical; D013030:Spain; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*