‘If I’m ill, I want you to do this...even if I tell you not’: A multi-perspective qualitative study exploring experiences of making ‘self-binding’ advance decisions with service users, carers, and clinicians
L. A Stephenson,
Gareth Owen,
Alex Ruck Keene
et al.
Abstract:Background
There is increasing international interest in mental health advance decision-making (ADM) for people with episodic severe mental illness who are at high risk of experiencing mental capacity loss and distressing involuntary treatment when unwell. ‘Self-binding’ (SB), sometimes known as a Ulysses contract, involves making advance requests for involuntary treatment. It is the most ethically controversial form of ADM but one that policy makers and researchers must engage with as evidence suggests it is … Show more
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