정신의학 윤리에 관한 연구- 임상과 관련된 6 가지 윤리학적 문제점을 중심으로 -

A Study on Psychiatric Ethics -dealing with 6 Ethical Problems Involved in Clinical Practice

The authors studied on the attitudes toward 6 importhant ethical problems in clinical psychiatry among the 4 groups (103 psychiatrists, 101 general practitioners, 107 patients guardians, and 105 general persons). The results were as follows 1) O n attitudes toward involuntary admission, out of the total, 91.4% showed positive reactions especially am ong the p atie nts gurdians w here approval for involuntary admission was higher than in other groups. 2) O n attitudes toward informed consent, out of the total, 79.8% showed a positive reaction. A discordance between 2 groups consisting of the psychiatrists and patients guardians was seen. 3) O n attitudes toward informmation for research during clinical investigation, a similar rate between the negative and positive attitudes was seen with only a slight difference between the study groups. 4) The study on attitudes toward psychosurgery showed that negative reactions were present in 50.7% and positive reactions w ere present in 48.3%. According to study groups, a high negative reaction rate was seen among psychiatrists, while a slight positive reaction rate was seen among the patients guardians and the general persons. 5) The study on confidentiality of psychiatrists showed that 85.1% had a positive reaction, and according to study groups, a high positive reaction was seen among the patients guardians. 6) The study on attitudes toward prayer retreats showed that 87.9% had a negative reaction, and according to study groups, the highest negative reaction was seen among psychiatrists while the lowest negative reaction was seen among the patients guardians.