From: Ethical deliberations about involuntary treatment: interviews with Swedish psychiatrists
Theme | Category | Subcategory |
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The pros and cons of ordering involuntary treatment | Fulfilling the patients’ need of care | Preventing suicide |
Providing necessary psychiatric treatment | ||
Ensuring treatment of somatic disorders | ||
Protecting the patient from social harms | ||
Promoting autonomy | Restoring autonomous ability | |
Promoting well-reasoned decisions | ||
Respecting the patient’s presumed will | ||
Safeguarding third party interests | Preventing harm to others | |
Relieving relatives of responsibility | ||
Reasons against involuntary treatment | Involuntary treatment as an unwanted exception | |
Avoiding disruption of trust | ||
Avoiding direct harms of coercion | ||
Respecting self-determination within limits | ||
Circumstances affecting decisions about involuntary treatment | The patient’s social circumstances | Accepting the possibility of rational suicides |
Legal influence | Legal demands | |
Interpreting the law | ||
The possibility of informal coercion | Restricting options | |
Using the law to make the patient accept "voluntary" treatment | ||
Healthcare deficiencies | Inadequate care environment | |
Inadequate resources |