Ethical Challenges in Geriatric Psychiatry

Ethical, Legal and Forensic Issues in Geriatric Psychiatry.

PURPOSE OF THE REVIEW To evaluate the ethical, legal and forensic issues that is faced by the older adult population. RECENT FINDINGS Many older individuals will face a host of ethical, medical and legal issues associated with their care. Most prominent among these issues are the maintenance of autonomy while ensuring their safety and the safety of individuals who care for them. Decisions reg...

Geriatric Psychiatry

Eating disorders in general and anorexia nervosa in particular are bewildering and frightening for families, clinicians and patients alike. They are bewildering because in contrast to any other psychiatric disorder, patients often value at least some aspects of their disorder (e.g. being able to restrict their food intake, extreme exercise) and are reluctant to change. These disorders are frigh...

Geriatric psychiatry.

Personalized medicine in psychiatry: ethical challenges and opportunities

Pharmacogenomic developments hold promise for personalized medicine in psychiatry with adjusted therapeutic doses, predictable responses, reduced adverse drug reactions, early diagnosis, and personal health planning. The prospects are exciting, but at the same time, these new techniques stand faced with important scientific, ethical, legal, and social challenges that need to be met in order for...

Ethical Challenges in Viral Marketing

Since the use of internet has been identified as a necessity in today’s world, businesses benefit from different aspects of this technology especially for marketing and advertisements so that the owners of businesses are searching for effective high speed and low costs ways of marketing such as viral marketing. Despite of its high efficiency and effectiveness, viral marketing creates various et...