Attitudes of nursing staff toward restraint use in long-term care

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 314-324

  Hill, Jean ^a,b,c   Schirm, Victoria ^b,d,e  

^a Lakeland Community College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^c Case Western Reserve University ^*  (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e American Nurses Association   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DECISION MAKING; FALLING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; IMMOBILIZATION; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LONG TERM CARE; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0029833649     PISSN: 07334648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/073346489601500303     Document Type: Article

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