An Ethical Framework for Global Psychiatry

Existing literature addresses the ethical considerations of global health work and how medical school curricula can help prepare students for them, but little has been written regarding an ethical approach to global psychiatry. In this paper we summarize prominent ethical issues that arise in global...

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Autores principales: Craig L. Katz, Timothy P. Lahey, Hilary T. Campbell
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:5edc05eb8fb749c4980bdc5c6c6b61072021-12-02T05:55:55ZAn Ethical Framework for Global Psychiatry2214-999610.1016/j.aogh.2014.04.002https://doaj.org/article/5edc05eb8fb749c4980bdc5c6c6b61072014-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://annalsofglobalhealth.org/articles/132https://doaj.org/toc/2214-9996Existing literature addresses the ethical considerations of global health work and how medical school curricula can help prepare students for them, but little has been written regarding an ethical approach to global psychiatry. In this paper we summarize prominent ethical issues that arise in global health psychiatry in order to provide a foundation for a framework in global health psychiatry. These issues include obtaining informed consent in the face of language barriers, diagnosing and treating for mental illnesses while navigating communities where such conditions are heavily stigmatized, and justifying the cessation of proving care to current patients for the sake of providing care to new patients abroad. To help prepare psychiatrists and students for work that engages these issues, we propose a multi-step process to assist the practicing global psychiatrist in recognizing ethical dilemmas and evaluating potential courses of action based on their respective ethical merits.Craig L. KatzTimothy P. LaheyHilary T. CampbellUbiquity Pressarticleglobal psychiatry ethicsglobal health ethicsglobal psychiatryglobal mental healthmental health ethicsmedical ethicsphilosophy of psychiatryInfectious and parasitic diseasesRC109-216Public aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENAnnals of Global Health, Vol 80, Iss 2, Pp 146-151 (2014)
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collection DOAJ
language EN
topic global psychiatry ethics
global health ethics
global psychiatry
global mental health
mental health ethics
medical ethics
philosophy of psychiatry
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Public aspects of medicine
RA1-1270
spellingShingle global psychiatry ethics
global health ethics
global psychiatry
global mental health
mental health ethics
medical ethics
philosophy of psychiatry
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Public aspects of medicine
RA1-1270
Craig L. Katz
Timothy P. Lahey
Hilary T. Campbell
An Ethical Framework for Global Psychiatry
description Existing literature addresses the ethical considerations of global health work and how medical school curricula can help prepare students for them, but little has been written regarding an ethical approach to global psychiatry. In this paper we summarize prominent ethical issues that arise in global health psychiatry in order to provide a foundation for a framework in global health psychiatry. These issues include obtaining informed consent in the face of language barriers, diagnosing and treating for mental illnesses while navigating communities where such conditions are heavily stigmatized, and justifying the cessation of proving care to current patients for the sake of providing care to new patients abroad. To help prepare psychiatrists and students for work that engages these issues, we propose a multi-step process to assist the practicing global psychiatrist in recognizing ethical dilemmas and evaluating potential courses of action based on their respective ethical merits.
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