Prohibition on research involving psychiatric patients subject to coercion

Abstract This paper compares legislation on clinical research conducted on patients subject to coercion in the Scandinavian countries and the UK, examines it from a human rights perspective, and problematizes the Danish legal model as the only one employing a total ban on this kind of re...

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Main Authors: Søren Birkeland, Kathryn Berzins, John Baker, Titti Mattsson, Karl Harald Søvig, Frederik Gildberg
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Language:Norwegian Bokmål
Published: Scandinavian University Press 2020-01-01
Series:Kritisk Juss
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Online Access:https://www.idunn.no/kritisk_juss/2020/01/prohibition_on_research_involving_psychiatric_patients_subj
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John Baker
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description Abstract This paper compares legislation on clinical research conducted on patients subject to coercion in the Scandinavian countries and the UK, examines it from a human rights perspective, and problematizes the Danish legal model as the only one employing a total ban on this kind of research. Reference is made to the consequences to evidence-based psychiatric care improvements and international ethical principle statements generally entitling psychiatric patients to treatment under similar ethical and scientific conditions as patients with other illnesses, given the absolute premise that the patient does not object to research participation and always retains the right to withdraw.
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spellingShingle Søren Birkeland
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Karl Harald Søvig
Frederik Gildberg
Prohibition on research involving psychiatric patients subject to coercion
Kritisk Juss
Coercive measures
Coercion
Psychiatry
Human Rights
Research
Ethics
title Prohibition on research involving psychiatric patients subject to coercion
title_full Prohibition on research involving psychiatric patients subject to coercion
title_fullStr Prohibition on research involving psychiatric patients subject to coercion
title_full_unstemmed Prohibition on research involving psychiatric patients subject to coercion
title_short Prohibition on research involving psychiatric patients subject to coercion
title_sort prohibition on research involving psychiatric patients subject to coercion
topic Coercive measures
Coercion
Psychiatry
Human Rights
Research
Ethics
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