Ethical and Legal Aspects of Breast Cancer Prevention in Individuals Living with Mental Disabilities: Legally Incapacitated
Ethics and law studies examine several issues in the field of medicine, one of which is the legal aspects related to patients living with mental disability. In a previous article, we introduced a 24-year-old female patient living with mental disability, diagnosed with large tumor growth in her right...
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| author | Hojjat Torkmandi karim torabi mohammad abdi Sanaz Homayoon |
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| description | Ethics and law studies examine several issues in the field of medicine, one of which is the legal aspects related to patients living with mental disability. In a previous article, we introduced a 24-year-old female patient living with mental disability, diagnosed with large tumor growth in her right breast. Inadequate self-care as well as lack of breast self-examination were the causes of delayed referral and late diagnosis. The patient's family stated that no periodic breast examination was performed by the family or health centers. The patient's family did not have sufficient knowledge about caring for patients with mental disabilities. The question that will then arise under such circumstances is, will the legal system protect the incapacitated individuals if they or their family cannot provide for themselves? In this article, we discuss this issue and the existing legal vacuum. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-959db0bbb5c448f2be1e65d3cfa412042022-12-22T00:10:05ZengShiraz University of Medical SciencesJournal of Rehabilitation Sciences and Research2345-61672345-61592022-03-0191535410.30476/jrsr.2021.91660.118247976Ethical and Legal Aspects of Breast Cancer Prevention in Individuals Living with Mental Disabilities: Legally IncapacitatedHojjat Torkmandi0karim torabi1mohammad abdi2Sanaz Homayoon3Department of Operating Room, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, IranDepartment of Law, Payame Noor Zanjan University, Zanjan, IranDepartment of Emergency and Critical care, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, IranRN, York university, Toronto, CanadaEthics and law studies examine several issues in the field of medicine, one of which is the legal aspects related to patients living with mental disability. In a previous article, we introduced a 24-year-old female patient living with mental disability, diagnosed with large tumor growth in her right breast. Inadequate self-care as well as lack of breast self-examination were the causes of delayed referral and late diagnosis. The patient's family stated that no periodic breast examination was performed by the family or health centers. The patient's family did not have sufficient knowledge about caring for patients with mental disabilities. The question that will then arise under such circumstances is, will the legal system protect the incapacitated individuals if they or their family cannot provide for themselves? In this article, we discuss this issue and the existing legal vacuum.https://jrsr.sums.ac.ir/article_47976_02a165327f166e827e2620c8612f37b7.pdfethicscivil rightsbreast cancer |
| spellingShingle | Hojjat Torkmandi karim torabi mohammad abdi Sanaz Homayoon Ethical and Legal Aspects of Breast Cancer Prevention in Individuals Living with Mental Disabilities: Legally Incapacitated Journal of Rehabilitation Sciences and Research ethics civil rights breast cancer |
| title | Ethical and Legal Aspects of Breast Cancer Prevention in Individuals Living with Mental Disabilities: Legally Incapacitated |
| title_full | Ethical and Legal Aspects of Breast Cancer Prevention in Individuals Living with Mental Disabilities: Legally Incapacitated |
| title_fullStr | Ethical and Legal Aspects of Breast Cancer Prevention in Individuals Living with Mental Disabilities: Legally Incapacitated |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ethical and Legal Aspects of Breast Cancer Prevention in Individuals Living with Mental Disabilities: Legally Incapacitated |
| title_short | Ethical and Legal Aspects of Breast Cancer Prevention in Individuals Living with Mental Disabilities: Legally Incapacitated |
| title_sort | ethical and legal aspects of breast cancer prevention in individuals living with mental disabilities legally incapacitated |
| topic | ethics civil rights breast cancer |
| url | https://jrsr.sums.ac.ir/article_47976_02a165327f166e827e2620c8612f37b7.pdf |
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