Ethical Psychiatry and Biosocial Humanism

LOUIS JOLYON WESTAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 126, Number 2

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.2.226

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In discussing the ethical issues of special relevance to contemporary psychiatry, the author raises some provocative questions, ranging in subject from the practitioner's responsibility for the maintenance of professional competence to the ethical ramifications of some current treatment concepts. He concludes that psychiatry's task includes the development of a more satisfactory statement of human nature, from which a new and comprehensive ethical system can be derived.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 126 • Number 2 • August 1969

Pages: 226 - 230

PubMed: 5817544

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Published in print: August 1969

Published online: 1 April 2006

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LOUIS JOLYON WEST

Professor and head, department of psychiatry, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, Calif. 90024

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