Control and restraint techniques in the management of violence in inpatient psychiatry: A critical review

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-38

  Wright, Steve ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSAULT; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONTROL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INJURY; MANAGEMENT; MENTAL PATIENT; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHIATRY; REVIEW; TECHNIQUE; TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM; VIOLENCE; EDUCATION; EXERCISE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MENTAL HOSPITAL; META ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD;

GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; META-ANALYSIS; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SECURITY MEASURES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0037270583     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/rsmmsl.43.1.31     Document Type: Review

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