A child in detention: dilemmas faced by health professionals

A 6-year-old child, held in detention with his parents pending the outcome of their application for refugee status, manifested psychological distress by repeated episodes of refusing to eat or drink. This case presented clinical and ethical dilemmas for health professionals who were constrained from...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Medical journal of Australia 2003-09, Vol.179 (6), p.319-322
Hauptverfasser:	Zwi, Karen J, Herzberg, Brenda, Dossetor, David, Field, Jyotsna
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Australia Biological and medical sciences Child Child clinical studies Child Welfare Eating behavior disorders Humans Male Medical sciences Mental disorders Mental Disorders - psychology Mental Disorders - therapy Middle East - ethnology Psychology, Child Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry Refugees - psychology Social determinants of health Tropical medicine
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Zusammenfassung:	A 6-year-old child, held in detention with his parents pending the outcome of their application for refugee status, manifested psychological distress by repeated episodes of refusing to eat or drink. This case presented clinical and ethical dilemmas for health professionals who were constrained from acting in the child's best interests by government policy of mandatory detention.
ISSN:	0025-729X 1326-5377
DOI:	10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05558.x