TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1987//
TI  - Major legal and ethical issues in behavioral treatment: Focus on institutionalized mental patients
JO  - Behavioral sciences and the law
A1  - Bentley, Kia J.
SP  - 359
EP  - 372
VL  - 5
IS  - 3
N2  - Proponents of behavior therapies advocate expanded use of this approach based on its pragmatics and clinical successes. Critics, however, point not only to abuses in implementation, but charge that the behavioral approach is inherently unethical, especially when used with institutionalized mental patients. This article will review these arguments as well as provide an updated exploration of relevant court decisions impacting behavioral treatment in mental institutions. Suggested courses of action are then provided.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0735-3936
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bsl.2370050309
ID  - ref1
ER  -