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Ethical dilemmas in perinatal psychiatry

The Bethlem Royal and Maudsley NHS Trust, London SE5

Channi Kumar, Professor of Perinatal Psychiatry

Institute of Psychiatry, London SE5

This paper discusses ethical dilemmas that arise in parenting assessments on an in-patient Mother and Baby Unit with reference to one subject, a mother with schizophrenia who had been referred for a specialist opinion. The case raises ethical issues about the sometimes conflicting needs and wishes of mothers and their infants, and considers the requirements of the Children Act.

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				R. Ramsay, L. Howard, and C. Kumar Schizophrenia and Safety of Parenting of Infants: a Report From a U.K. Mother and Baby Service International Journal of Social Psychiatry, June 1, 1998; 44(2): 127 - 134. [Abstract] [PDF]