On being paternalistic

Abstract

Objective:

What does ‘being paternalistic’ mean?

Conclusion:

Being paternalistic embodies a complex set of ideas that are currently viewed pejoratively, but which retain at its core, the goal of doing something good.

Keywords

Paternalism clinical issues in psychiatry beneficence

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