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Table 2 Process of analysis according to Burnard (1991)

From: The psychiatric mental health nurse’s ethical considerations regarding the use of coercive measures – a qualitative interview study

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Coercive measures are for the patient’s best to alleviate various difficult [mental] conditions… it is difficult for the patient to be in a manic state, for example, and sometimes we have to do coercive measures like ECT, but patients may thank us afterwards because it is about relieving suffering.

Coercive measures are in the patient’s best interests to alleviate severe [mental] conditions.

Ethical considerations to reduce suffering and for the benefit of the patient

Ethical considerations promoting patient autonomy and health