Ethics of Psychiatry
Subject PSYT90023 (2010)
Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2010.
Credit Points: | 6.25 | ||||||||||||
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Level: | 9 (Graduate/Postgraduate) | ||||||||||||
Dates & Locations: | This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2010: May, Parkville - Taught on campus.
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Time Commitment: | Contact Hours: 6 weeks x 3.5 hour seminars Total Time Commitment: Not available | ||||||||||||
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Contact
Ms Ros Hendy, roslynjh@unimelb.edu.auSubject Overview: | This selective will provide a solid introduction to the theory and practice of ethical decision-making in clinical psychiatry. Themes and topic will extend over a wide terrain but cover ethical aspects of the psychiatrist-patient relationship, diagnosis, confidentiality, treatment in psychiatry, resource allocation and justice, child and adolescent psychiatry, women's mental health, psychogeriatrics, forensic psychiatry. Moral theory and its applications will be a central feature. |
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Assessment: | 1500 word assignment (100%) |
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Breadth Options: | This subject is not available as a breadth subject. |
Fees Information: | Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date |
Related Course(s): |
Master of Psychiatry |
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