Human Rights and Psychiatric Intensive Care Units
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Implementing Human Rights Approach in PICUs
IRAS ID
182570
Contact name
Nimisha Patel
Contact email
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 4 months, 14 days
Research summary
This project aims to explore the perspectives of clients, carers/family members and staff in Psychiatric Intensive Care Units (PICUs) on their understanding of human rights; and their experience of practices in PICUs related to what they see as human rights issues.
Clients, carers/family members (where both the client and their carer/family member consent) and staff members will be interviewed on their understanding of human rights; and on their experiences of practices in PICUs related to what they see as ‘human rights issues’.
Implications
To date, no research of this kind has been conducted in the UK or globally. Much of the theorising about breaches of international human rights law has been conducted within the discipline of law, with no studies focusing on the perspectives of clients, carers and staff in PICUs.In the healthcare field there continues to be a lack of awareness and understanding of what human rights means, how it is relevant to healthcare practices, service design and delivery.
The research seeks to:
1. Improve the awareness and knowledge of health professionals on how human rights may be relevant to PICUs
2. Improve the awareness and understanding in the field of healthcare and in human rights law of how clients and carers/family members and staff dealing with mental health problems in PICUs understand as ‘human rights’ and experience as ‘human rights issues’ in the provision of care in PICUs.
3. Inform the development of healthcare practices within healthcare settings such as PICUsREC name
London - Bromley Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
15/LO/1170
Date of REC Opinion
28 Sep 2015
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion