Coercion
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Forced treatment of anorexic patients: part 2.

30 Aug 2009 PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The purpose of this review was to update and complement part 1 of this study. Clinical, ethical and legal approaches to forced treatment in patients with anorexia nervosa were considered in the light of recent literature. RECENT ... Read more...

Self-reported history of sexual coercion and rape negatively impacts resilience to suicide among women students.

30 Aug 2009 A substantial literature has documented that sexual abuse relates to suicidal behaviors but relatively less is known about resilience to suicide, especially cognitive deterrents to suicide. The present study investigated the effects of a history of ... Read more...

Forced migration and mortality in the very long term: did perestroika affect death rates also in Finland?

30 Jul 2009 In this article, we analyze mortality rates of Finns born in areas that were ceded to the Soviet Union after World War II and from which the entire population was evacuated. These internally displaced persons are observed during the period 1971-2004 ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Coercion'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Economic sanctions towards North Korea. 7 Oct 2009
• Saturday morning in the clinic. 30 Aug 2009
• Government-scripted consent: when medical ethics and law collide. 30 Aug 2009
• Forced treatment of anorexic patients: part 2. 30 Aug 2009
• Self-reported history of sexual coercion and rape negatively impacts resilience to suicide among women students. 30 Aug 2009
• Forced migration and mortality in the very long term: did perestroika affect death rates also in Finland? 30 Jul 2009
• Non-Western interpreters' experiences of trauma: the protective role of culture following exposure to oppression. 30 Jul 2009
• [Compulsory hospital admission - coercive measures in medical care] 30 Jul 2009
• Medical ethics at Guantanamo Bay detention centre and in the US military: a time for reform. 23 Jul 2009
• Examining ourselves: exploring assumptions about teaching pelvic examinations in midwifery education. 29 Jun 2009
• Bullying isn't just found on the playground. 29 Jun 2009
• Scope of agency control: assertive community treatment teams' supervision of consumers. 29 Jun 2009
• Psychological consequences of sexual victimization resulting from force, incapacitation, or verbal coercion. 3 Jun 2009
• Approval ratings of inpatient coercive interventions in a national sample of mental health service users and staff in England. 30 May 2009
• Philosophical and ethical issues at the forefront of neuroscience and genetics: an overview for psychiatrists. 30 May 2009
• Combating animal rights extremism. 30 May 2009
• The epidemiology of torture: a case series of 58 survivors of torture. 7 May 2009
• On the biomedicalization of alcoholism. 6 May 2009
• Reforms must rid hospitals of bullying. 2 May 2009
• [The banks of umbilical cord blood: biomedical and bioethical issues] 29 Apr 2009

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Technical information about 'Coercion'

Definition: The use of force or intimidation to obtain compliance.

Descriptor UI: D003068

Alternative terms: Coercion; Involuntary Fertility Control; Fertility Control, Involuntary;

Related Mesh Headings: Mandatory Programs;

Tree Number: I01.880.604.316; I01.880.630.200;

History Note: 78