Mandatory reporting of abuse: Practical, moral, and legal issues for psychiatric home healthcare nurses

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 423-436

  Freed, Patricia E ^a   Drake, Virginia K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LEGAL APPROACH; LEGAL ASPECT; MALPRACTICE; MANDATORY REPORTING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; REVIEW; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

LEGAL APPROACH; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ETHICS, NURSING; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOTLINES; HUMANS; MALPRACTICE; MANDATORY REPORTING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033155417     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/016128499248574     Document Type: Article

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