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Electroconvulsive therapy and informed consent in compulsory treatment – an ethical dilemma

INTRODUCTION: Given the effectiveness and overall safety in several psychiatry conditions, electroconvulsive therapy remains a widely used procedure in current medical practice. Informed consent is still a requirement for the use of ECT both in voluntary and compulsory treatment; however, since seve...

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Autores principales: Cunha, C., Pereira, R., França, G., Silva, J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9479928/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.1892