How, and when, can I restrain a patient?

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 939, 2004, Pages 7-12

  Horsburgh, D ^a  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; IMMOBILIZATION; LEARNING DISORDER; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SEDATION;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ADVOCACY; COGNITION DISORDERS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL;

EID: 1242269779     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pmj.2003.007302     Document Type: Review

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