title: Electroshock: a discerning review of the nursing literature.
abstract: Electroshock, better known as Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) has sporadically received generous attention in North American Literature. An examination of the nursing literature regarding ECT reveals an expectation for nursing to play an important role in patient education and compliance. Further, while the literature remains somewhat divided on the efficacy of electroshock, there appears to be a pro-ECT bias and an absence of first-person accounts: two areas of importance for nurse researchers and scholars to address.
authors.affiliation: York University, School of Nursing, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. cvandaal@yorku.ca
authors.forename: Cheryl Leslie van
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Daalen-Smith
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gallagher
mesh_terms: D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000451:nursing* / Q000628:therapy; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000451:nursing* / Q000628:therapy; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000941:ethics / Q000451:nursing*; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000941:ethics; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000523:psychology; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000941:ethics; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000941:ethics; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000451:nursing* / Q000628:therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome