This grounded theory study delineates the process inpatient psychiatric nurses use to
respond to the challenging nursing problem of medicating resistant involuntary patients …

A grounded theory study of psychiatric nurses' experiences of administering medication to
involuntary psychiatric patients revealed a basic social process of justifying coercion …

There are multiple concerns regarding the practice of forced medication of clients with
mental illness. Clients often report that side effects outweigh the benefits of psychotropic …

In January 1986, the Ohio Department of Mental Health began implementing a pilot program
to establish procedures for obtaining a client's informed consent for medication and …

The ethics of involuntary procedures The ethics of involuntary procedures Abstract Vuckovich
examines the circumstances of situations when a psychiatric nurse should be able to place a …

Prior to reflecting on a specific scenario in mental health care, my moral view of coercion
was fairly dichotomous. In my mind, coercive acts were, for lack of a more sophisticated term …

This paper attempts a critical discussion of the possibilities for mental health nurses to claim
a particular right of conscientious objection to their involvement in enforced pharmaceutical …

Ethical problems abound in psychiatric and mental health nursing practice; for example, the
ethics of involuntary and enforced treatment such as medication. The literature frequently …

Background Physical morbidity is rife among patients with serious mental illness. When they
are involuntarily hospitalized and even treated, they may still refuse treatment for physical …

The aims of this study were to describe: patient experiences of and nurse perceptions of
patient experiences of forced medication before, during and after forced medication; patient …