Can involuntarily admitted patients give informed consent to participation in research?
South African Journal of Psychiatry
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Can involuntarily admitted patients give informed consent to participation in research? | |
| Creator | van Staden, C W | |
| Description | The article argues that a functional approach is ethically better than a categorical approach in deciding whether involuntarily admitted patients have the capacity to give informed consent to participation in research. Congruent with current South African laws, a functional approach requires that a patient’s capacity to give informed consent to participation in research should be assessed clinically rather than assumed by virtue of his/her belonging to a category of legal admission status. Concerns about protection against exploitation may cause a categorical approach to appear attractive, but these concerns can be addressed deliberately through a functional approach without attracting the infringements of rights and entitlements of patients that are brought about by a categorical approach. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2007-02-01 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v13i1.5 | |
| Source | South African Journal of Psychiatry; Vol 13, No 1 (2007); 3 2078-6786 1608-9685 | |
| Language | eng | |
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