Whistle blower Brave people who are paying a high personal price for speaking out
US NURSE Stacie Neldaughter was fired from her job at St Mary's Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin, after she tried to protect the rights of patients being considered for electro-convulsive therapy (ECT). This controversial treatment is mainly used in psychiatry to relieve severe depression but has...
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| Published in | New internationalist no. 289; p. 16 |
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| Format | Magazine Article |
| Language | English |
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Oxford
New Internationalist Co-operative
01.04.1997
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| Summary: | US NURSE Stacie Neldaughter was fired from her job at St Mary's Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin, after she tried to protect the rights of patients being considered for electro-convulsive therapy (ECT). This controversial treatment is mainly used in psychiatry to relieve severe depression but has also been used to control behaviour. Since ECT can produce permanent brain damage-- particularly long-term memory loss-- patients have to be given sufficient information to make an informed choice as to whether they are prepared to undergo the treatment. |
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| Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 content type line 24 ObjectType-Feature-2 SourceType-Magazines-1 |
| ISSN: | 0305-9529 |