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Avoiding Paternalism
Abstract
Ethical problems have always been a feature in mental health nursing, partly due to the association with the system of traditional psychiatric care. This paper examines the issue of paternalism and how it lingers from past nursing practice and can impede contemporary practice. Finally, some paths for positive engagement are examined, along with strategies to determine how paternalism could be minimised in modern mental health nursing practice.
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- Authors
- Bladon, H.
- Affiliations
- Chase Lodge Care Ltd, Weston-s-Mare, UK
- Corresponding author
- Bladon, Henry
- ORCID
- Bladon, Henry
- Venue
- Issues in Mental Health Nursing
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2019-04-26
- Volume
- 40
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 579-584
- ISSN
- 0161-2840 (ISSN-L)
- 1096-4673
- OpenAlex
- W4251593081
- Cited by
- 11
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2025: 2 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 3 · 2019: 1
- FWCI
- 1.17
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Issues in Mental Health Nursing (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Ethics and bioethics in healthcare
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Ethics in medical practice
- Keywords
- paternalism, psychiatric nursing, ethical considerations, nursing practice, patient autonomy, history of psychiatric care
- MeSH terms
- Humans, Psychiatric Nursing, Paternalism
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