Ethics in Psychiatry European Contributions /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Helmchen, Hanfried. (Editor), Sartorius, Norman. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Series: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine, 45
• Subjects: Philosophy (General).; Ethics.; Psychiatry.; Medical ethics.; Medical Education.; Public health laws.; Philosophy.; Theory of Medicine/Bioethics.; Medical Law.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8721-8
• Physical Description: XVIII, 574 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9789048187218
• ISSN: 1567-8008

Ethics in Psychiatry: (1) presents a comprehensive review of ethical issues arising in psychiatric care and research; (2) relates ethical issues to changes and challenges of society; (3) examines the application of general ethics to specific psychiatric problems and relates these to moral implications of psychiatric practice; (4) deals with recently arising ethical problems; (5) contains contributions of leading European ethicists, philosophers, lawyers, historians and psychiatrists; (6) provides a basis for the exploration of culture-bound influences on morals, manners and customs in the light of ethical principles of global validity.