Patient perception of coercion on admission to acute psychiatric services: The New Zealand experience

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 143-153

  McKenna, Brian G ^a   Simpson, Alexander I F ^b   Laidlaw, Tannis M ^b  

^a Senior Lecturer   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; THREAT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COERCION; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0032949976     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-2527(98)00039-9     Document Type: Article

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