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Ethical dilemmas in perinatal psychiatry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Rosalind Ramsay  and
Channi Kumar
Rosalind Ramsay
Affiliation:
The Bethlem Royal and Maudsley NHS Trust London SE5
Channi Kumar
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, London SE5
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This paper discusses ethical dilemmas that arise in parenting assessments on an in-patient Mother and Baby Unit with reference to one subject, a mother with schizophrenia who had been referred for a specialist opinion. The case raises ethical issues about the sometimes conflicting needs and wishes of mothers and their infants, and considers the requirements of the Children Act.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 20 , Issue 2 , February 1996 , pp. 90 - 92
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This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1996

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