A cost analysis of untoward incidents in a medium secure unit

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 302-312

  Macphail, Sandra ^a   Beck Sander, Alison ^b  

^a SPRINGFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPATHY; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; VIOLENCE;

ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONERS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SECURITY MEASURES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0033203464     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002580249903900406     Document Type: Article

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