Bi-Weekly Round Up: 17th May 2021
For this bi-weekly round up, here are four compelling news and journal articles exploring areas of clinical practice and ethics.
1. Agoraphobic pregnant woman can be forced into hospital, Judge rules
A fascinating application of the ‘best interest’ test when considering whether restraint should be used in order to ensure a pregnant woman, suffering from severe agoraphobia, is forced to birth in hospital.
2. The ethical challenges in conducting Mental Health Act assessments during COVID-19
Mental Health Act assessments undertaken remotely; the new way of practising?
Another compelling article exploring the application of remote working in the clinical application of mental health law.
3. Are inequalities apparent for transgender men in accessing cervical smear test screening?
Something a bit different… but have you ever given thought to the logistics of provision of cervical screening tests for transgender men. Is placing the responsibility to request cervical screening on a transgender individual fair, given that non-trans women are routinely called for screening?
And finally, one for those with IME membership (Sign up here).
4. Redeployment or dismissal for health care professionals who refuse the Covid-19 vaccination.
A contentious one for those who are health care professionals- a proposal for redeployment of health care workers from clinical work if they refuse to have the Covid-19 vaccination. Is coercion ever ethical? Journal article written for the Journal of Medical Ethics