title: Can covert administration of medicines be in a patient's best interests?
abstract: In this article Richard Griffith considers whether it is ever in a patient's best interests to be given medicine by covert means, such as disguising it in food.
authors: Richard
authors: R
authors: Griffith
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000941:ethics* / Q000451:nursing*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000941:ethics*; D007880:Legislation, Drug; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000592:standards*; D013222:State Medicine / Q000941:ethics; D006113:United Kingdom
chemical_list: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations