Compulsory community treatment: Ethical considerations

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-42

  Heffern, W A ^a   Austin, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioethics; Commitment; Community; Feminist; Incompetence; Outreach

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FEMINISM; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; MODEL; NURSING; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; REVIEW; STANDARD;

MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES;

COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; ETHICS, NURSING; FEMINISM; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, NURSING; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING;

EID: 0033072987     PISSN: 13510126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2850.1999.00184.x     Document Type: Article

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