Therapeutic lying to assist people with dementia in maintaining medication adherence

Gary Mitchell

doi:10.1177/0969733014543886

Therapeutic lying to assist people with dementia in maintaining medication adherence

Gary Mitchell

School of Nursing and Midwifery

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Abstract

A case study of a routine ethical dilemma concerning the use of the therapeutic lie for people with dementia is illustrated by reflective practice. This case study illustrates the contention between beneficence and veracity which takes place when a therapeutic lie is operationalised in nursing practice for the purpose of maintaining adherence to medications.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	844-845
Journal	Nursing Ethics
Volume	21
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0969733014543886
Publication status	Published - 01 Nov 2014

Keywords

Dementia
Non-Pharmacological Intervention
Ethics
Therapeutic Lying
Medication Adherence
Medications Management
Medications
Antipsychotic Agents

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