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Article: "I can put the medicine in his soup, Doctor!"

Title"I can put the medicine in his soup, Doctor!"
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Issue Date2005
PublisherB M J Publishing Group. The Journal's web site is located at http://jme.bmjjournals.com/
Citation
Journal Of Medical Ethics, 2005, v. 31 n. 5, p. 262-265 How to Cite?
AbstractThe practice of covertly administering medication is controversial. Although condemned by some as overly paternalistic, others have suggested that it may be acceptable if patients have permanent mental incapacity and refuse needed treatment. Ethical, legal, and clinical considerations become more complex when the mental incapacity is temporary and when the medication actually serves to restore autonomy. We discuss these issues in the context of a young man with schizophrenia. His mother had been giving him antipsychotic medication covertly in his soup. Should the doctor continue to provide a prescription, thus allowing this to continue? We discuss this case based on the "four principles" ethical framework, addressing the conflict between autonomy and beneficence/non-maleficence, the role of antipsychotics as an autonomy restoring agent, truth telling and the balance between individual versus family autonomy.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/42513
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2023 Impact Factor: 3.3
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.952
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dc.contributor.authorPoon, Yen_HK
dc.contributor.authorHui, ECen_HK
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dc.date.available2007-01-29T08:51:37Z-
dc.date.issued2005en_HK
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dc.description.abstractThe practice of covertly administering medication is controversial. Although condemned by some as overly paternalistic, others have suggested that it may be acceptable if patients have permanent mental incapacity and refuse needed treatment. Ethical, legal, and clinical considerations become more complex when the mental incapacity is temporary and when the medication actually serves to restore autonomy. We discuss these issues in the context of a young man with schizophrenia. His mother had been giving him antipsychotic medication covertly in his soup. Should the doctor continue to provide a prescription, thus allowing this to continue? We discuss this case based on the "four principles" ethical framework, addressing the conflict between autonomy and beneficence/non-maleficence, the role of antipsychotics as an autonomy restoring agent, truth telling and the balance between individual versus family autonomy.en_HK
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dc.rightsJournal of Medical Ethics. Copyright © B M J Publishing Group.en_HK
dc.subject.meshAntipsychotic agents - administration & dosageen_HK
dc.subject.meshEthics, medicalen_HK
dc.subject.meshFooden_HK
dc.subject.meshSchizophrenia - drug therapyen_HK
dc.subject.meshPhysician-patient relationsen_HK
dc.title"I can put the medicine in his soup, Doctor!"en_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
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dc.identifier.emailHui, EC: edwinhui@hkucc.hku.hken_HK
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dc.identifier.doi10.1136/jme.2003.007336en_HK
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