Deaths caused by physical restraints

Gerontologist

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1992, Pages 762-766

  Miles, Steven H ^a   Irvine, Patrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia; Huntington s Chorea; Long term care; Nursing homes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; PATIENT CARE; SCHOOL CHILD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MINNESOTA; MORTALITY; NURSING HOMES; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0026471213     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/32.6.762     Document Type: Article

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