Forensic psychiatry & mental health law

Psychiatry & Law Radar

Tue 29 SepPAPER

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THE MORAL SUBJECTIVITIES OF INFANTICIDAL MOTHERS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF FORENSIC PSYCHIATRIC NURSES: A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS.

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Forensic psychiatric nurses in this small Canadian study allocated moral standing — and, the authors argue, care itself — according to whether mothers convicted of infanticide grieved in the way staff expected, a source of differential treatment inside secure units that no risk instrument, care plan or documentation standard currently records.

J Forensic Nurs. 2026.