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To be or not to be discharged: an ethical dilemma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Anita Kotak ,
Faiz Noore ,
Kamal Muthiah ,
Farooqh Raffique  and
Ulrike Schmidt
Anita Kotak
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, St Mary's Hospital, Patterson Wing, Praed Street, London W2 1NY
Faiz Noore
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, St Mary's Hospital, Patterson Wing, Praed Street, London W2 1NY
Kamal Muthiah
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, St Mary's Hospital, Patterson Wing, Praed Street, London W2 1NY
Farooqh Raffique
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, St Mary's Hospital, Patterson Wing, Praed Street, London W2 1NY
Ulrike Schmidt
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, St Mary's Hospital, Patterson Wing, Praed Street, London W2 1NY
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Abstract

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We describe the problems encountered in dealing with a ‘discharge refuser’ in the context of recent government guidelines on good practice in the discharge of mentally disordered people.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 19 , Issue 4 , April 1995 , pp. 199 - 202
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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, 1995

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