Physical Restraint of Patients in a Psychiatric Hospital

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 145-149

  Smith, A D ^a   Humphreys, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED KINGDOM; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AGED; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SCOTLAND; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0031115342     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002580249703700210     Document Type: Article

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