Restraint and seclusion in psychiatric inpatient wards

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 555-559

  Sailas, Eila ^a   Wahlbeck, Kristian ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b VAASA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Coercion; Ethics; Psychiatry; Restraint; Seclusion

Indexed keywords

ETHNOLOGY; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PUNISHMENT; REVIEW; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TORTURE;

EID: 23944467590     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.yco.0000179497.46182.6f     Document Type: Review

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