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Consent in psychiatry – an ethical review

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The aim of this article is to give a historical overview of the concept of consent to treatment and its development – one of the most important ethical and legal issues in recent years. Through the discussion of a number of high-profile examples, it deliberates the ethical and legal aspects of consent to treatment today and their implications for psychiatrists' clinical work.

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    Hilton, Claire 2007. Changes between the 1959 and 1983 Mental Health Acts (England & Wales), with particular reference to consent to treatment for electroconvulsive therapy. History of Psychiatry, Vol. 18, Issue. 2, p. 217.
    Steinert, Tilman Lepping, Peter Baranyai, Réka Hoffmann, Markus and Leherr, Herbert 2005. Compulsory admission and treatment in schizophrenia. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, Vol. 40, Issue. 8, p. 635.
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