Clinicians' decision making about involuntary commitment

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 941-945

  Engleman, Nancy B ^a   Jobes, David A ^b   Berman, Alan L ^c   Langbein, Laura I ^d  

^a West Falls Psychotherapy Group   (United States)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^c Washington Psychological Center   (United States)

^d AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL PATIENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0031863213     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.49.7.941     Document Type: Article

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