TY - JOUR
T1 - Ethical Considerations in Military Psychiatry
AU - Warner, Christopher H.
AU - Appenzeller, George N.
AU - Grieger, Thomas A.
AU - Benedek, David M.
AU - Roberts, Laura Weiss
PY - 2009/6
Y1 - 2009/6
N2 - Military psychiatrists face multiple unique issues in combat and at home. At the root of many of these issues is the question "For whom does the psychiatrist work-the service member-patient or the military?" We review several of the key issues faced by a military psychiatrist, including confidentiality, informed consent, dual agency, boundaries, dealing with detainees, determining fitness for deployments, treatment in combat, and separation from the military.
AB - Military psychiatrists face multiple unique issues in combat and at home. At the root of many of these issues is the question "For whom does the psychiatrist work-the service member-patient or the military?" We review several of the key issues faced by a military psychiatrist, including confidentiality, informed consent, dual agency, boundaries, dealing with detainees, determining fitness for deployments, treatment in combat, and separation from the military.
KW - Confidentiality
KW - Deployment health
KW - Dual agency
KW - Ethics
KW - Military psychiatry
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=66049100205&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.psc.2009.02.006
DO - 10.1016/j.psc.2009.02.006
M3 - Review article
C2 - 19486813
AN - SCOPUS:66049100205
SN - 0193-953X
VL - 32
SP - 271
EP - 281
JO - Psychiatric Clinics of North America
JF - Psychiatric Clinics of North America
IS - 2
ER -