Taking another tilt at high secure hospitals. The tilt report and its consequences for secure psychiatric services

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 182, Issue JUNE, 2003, Pages 469-471

  Exworthy, Tim ^a   Gunn, John ^b  

^a Redford Lodge Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; POLICY; SAFETY;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PRISONS; SECURITY MEASURES;

EID: 0037986170     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.182.6.469     Document Type: Editorial

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