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Article Critique of Prisoner with Schizophrenia

   

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1ARTICLE CRITIQUEArticle critique of ‘ Prisoner with schizophrenia has bid for termination of twins rejected’Media type: Online new website Author: Isabel RoeThe author Roe, (2017) brings forward the Queensland’s health system action of barringabortion in a mentally ill person with a drug problem. The author set the scene for the argumentagainst Queensland’s action by stating about a 33 year old woman who applied for a specialconsent to terminate her pregnancy at 20 weeks as she did not wanted any children. The womenwas found to suffer from history of mental illness, drug use, hepatitis C positive and she wasinvolved in criminal matters too. She has been living in a Brisbane mental health facility as shebreached a bail order. Overall, the author has presented the whole case in a simple languagewithout any technical jargon and legal terms. It is easy for any common public to understand theproblem. In the article, the women is given the term QBD as it is referred by the Queensland Civiland Administrative Tribunal (QCAT). The author has effectively presented the argumentregarding the reason for which continuing with pregnancy will be risky for QBD. This alsoreflects that the author feels that barring pregnancy in the women is unjustified. The mainsarguments raised was that QBD had complex care needs due to her mental illness and herparent’s also feel the termination procedure is justified because she lack the capacity to take careof children. However, the QCAT’s rationale for barring pregnancy is that QBD lacks mentalcapacity to take complex personal decisions because she has been diagnosed with mental illness.Secondly, continuing with pregnancy will require coordinated care and treatment for her (Pozziet al., 2017). The strength of the article is that the author has beautifully presented both sides ofthe argument. This also shows that QCAT has made ethically sound decision because late
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