An overview of ethics and clinical ethics is presented in this review. The 4 main ethical
principles, that is beneficence, nonmaleficence, autonomy, and justice, are defined and …

Introduction: Coercion is frequent in clinical practice, particularly in psychiatry. Since it
overrides some fundamental rights of patients (notably their liberty of movement and …

The United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is
the most up‐to‐date international legal instrument concerning the rights of persons with …

Many believe that informed consent makes clinical research ethical. However, informed
consent is neither necessary nor sufficient for ethical clinical research. Drawing on the basic …

Recent scandals and controversies, such as data fabrication in federally funded science,
data manipulation and distortion in private industry, and human embryonic stem cell …

A 75-year-old woman has type 2 diabetes mellitus, peripheral vascular disease, and a
gangrenous ulcer of her left foot. A below-the-knee amputation is recommended, but she …

Tens of thousands of readers have relied on this leading text and practitioner reference--
now revised and updated--to understand the issues the legal system most commonly asks …

The theory behind informed consent presumes that patients will use the information
disclosed in autonomous and rational ways. Unfortunately, this presumption is not always …

People with Parkinson's disease (PD) and their care partners frequently report cognitive
decline as one of their greatest concerns. Mild cognitive impairment affects approximately 20 …

Abilities associated with adjudicative competence were assessed among 927 adolescents
in juvenile detention facilities and community settings. Adolescents' abilities were compared …