A plea for respect: Involuntarily hospitalized psychiatric patients' narratives about being subjected to coercion

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 357-366

  Olofsson, B ^a   Jacobsson, L ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coercion; Content analysis; Involuntary hospitalization; Narratives; Psychiatric patients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; MIDDLE AGED; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; COERCION; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; MIDDLE AGED; VALUE OF LIFE;

EID: 0035436496     PISSN: 13510126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2850.2001.00404.x     Document Type: Article

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