Elimination of seclusion and restraint: A reasonable goal? [1]

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 576-

  Liberman, Robert Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LETTER; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; PATIENT MONITORING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT ISOLATION; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL;

EID: 33645663244     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.57.4.576     Document Type: Letter

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