Ethics, Culture, and Psychiatry

International Perspectives

Häftad, Engelska, 2000

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Beskrivning

Ethics, Culture, and Psychiatry: International Perspectives is a textbook that explores the best ways to promote the use of the Declaration of Madrid, which outlines ethical standards for psychiatric practice throughout the world. The book is written with two questions in mind, both easy to pose and difficult to answer:

• Is it possible to formulate a set of principles that will be valid for all psychiatrists, regardless of the cultures to which they belong or in which they live and practice, or are there as many sets of ethical principles as there are cultures?
• If there is such a set of principles, what should we do to ensure that psychiatry as a discipline makes a significant contribution to societal good without helping the evil?

To facilitate the exploration of this territory, 15 experts from a variety of cultures examine the most pressing ethical issues prevalent within the current practice of psychiatry. Many of the dilemmas probed in this book are routinely encountered by clinicians who work in increasingly multicultural societies. The text covers issues that are broadly relevant to clinical practice and research, including:

• An overview of ethics and societies around the world
• Discussions of ethical practices and dilemmas specific to various cultural regions
• Transcultural debate on overarching issues, such as incompetent patients, informed consent, and mental health law reform
• The complete copy of The Declaration of Madrid printed in the appendix

Readers will find that this is a textbook that stimulates and supports, rather than closes, the debate on ethical aspects of professional psychiatric behavior. Ethics, Culture, and Psychiatry: International Perspectives is much more than just a book on ethics - it is a major contribution to understanding the impact of culture and history on the ethical practice of medicine around the world, and a continuous search for a consensus on how to live together and make contributions to the well-being of people with mental illness, their families, and the family of humans on our planet.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2000-07-31
Mått:152 x 229 x 19 mm
Vikt:404 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:248
Förlag:American Psychiatric Association Publishing
ISBN:9780880489997

Utforska kategorier

Medicinsk etik och läkaretik inom Medicin
Psykiatri inom Medicin

Mer om författaren

Ahmed Okasha is Chairman of the Ethics Committee of the World Psychiatric Association and President-Elect of the WPA. He is also Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Training and Research in Mental Health in the Institute of Psychiatry at Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt. Julio Arboleda-Fl��rez is a Member of the Ethics Committee of the World Psychiatric Association and Professor and Head of the Department of Psychiatry at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Norman Sartorius is Past President of the World Psychiatric Association and Professor of Psychiatry at the Hospitaux Universitaires de Geneve in Geneva, Switzerland.

Recensioner i media

[T]his is a book that will be food for thought as international ethics in psychiatric practice is debated in the future. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 62:8 The editors have surely taken on a daunting task, and they have succeeded. The volume proffers a culturally panoramic view of ethics and psychiatry. It should satisfy readers aspiring to basic knowledge of the ethical practices of psychiatry, particularly from a transcultural perspective. And indeed, the volume is a boon to readers interested in the thorny question of whether, and if so to what degree, issues relating to ethics and psychiatry may transcend not-inconsiderable cultural chasms... I recommend the volume heartily to all readers genuinely interested in weaving ethical and cultural strands within psychiatric practice. Morton D. Sosland, M.D., Psychosomatics