Special care units in Special Hospitals

Journal of Forensic Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 571-587

  Gordon, Harvey ^a   Hammond, Sean ^a   Veeramani, Ramasamy ^a  

^a BROADMOOR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Intensive care units; Special care units; Special hospitals; Violence in psychiatric inpatients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON;

EID: 0031774831     PISSN: 09585184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585189808405374     Document Type: Article

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