Ethical Considerations in Caring for Retarded Patients

Author(s)
Christie, Ronald J.
Hoffmaster, Barry
Keywords
Decision Making
Informed Consent
Mental Competency
Mentally Disabled Persons
Paternalism
Patient Care
Personal Autonomy
Reference Standards
Treatment Refusal
Persons with Developmental Delay

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/262460
Online Access
http://works.bepress.com/barryhoffmaster/32
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2383396/
Abstract
The treatment of the mentally retarded patient may raise dramatic ethical issues for the family physician. A case is used to illustrate an example of ethical decision-making and the moral issues explored.
Date
1979-11-01
Type
text
Identifier
oai:works.bepress.com:barryhoffmaster-1031
http://works.bepress.com/barryhoffmaster/32
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2383396/
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