{"id":19615,"date":"2019-02-20T05:09:59","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T05:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/?p=19615"},"modified":"2019-02-20T05:10:38","modified_gmt":"2019-02-20T05:10:38","slug":"ethical-classification-of-me-cfs-in-the-united-kingdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/ethical-classification-of-me-cfs-in-the-united-kingdom\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethical classification of ME\/CFS in the United Kingdom"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ethical classification of ME\/CFS in the United Kingdom<\/a>, by Diane O’Leary in<\/span> Bioethics<\/em>,\u00a08 February 2019<\/h3>\n

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Few conditions have sparked as much controversy as myalgic encephalomyelitis\/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME\/CFS). Professional consensus has long suggested that the condition should be classified as psychiatric, while patients and advocacy groups have insisted it is a serious biological disease that requires medical care and research to develop it.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>This longstanding debate shifted in 2015, when U.S. governmental health authorities fully embraced medical classification and management. Given that some globally respected health authorities now insist that ME\/CFS is a serious biological disease, this paper asks whether it can be ethical for the U.K. practice guideline now in development to characterize the condition as a mental health disorder.<\/p>\n

Following a brief history of ME\/CFS controversy, I offer three arguments to show that it would be unethical for the U.K. to now characterize ME\/CFS as a mental health condition, considering the relevance of that conclusion for ME\/CFS guidelines elsewhere and for other contested conditions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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