The permeable institution: An ethnographic study of three acute psychiatric wards in London

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2105-2117

  Quirk, Alan ^a   Lelliott, Paul ^a   Seale, Clive ^b  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF PSYCHIATRISTS   (United Kingdom)

^b Brunel   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Permeability; Permeable institution; Psychiatric hospital; Total institution; UK

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MENTAL HEALTH;

ARTICLE; ETHNOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL STAFF; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONAL PRACTICE; LONDON; MENTAL DISORDERS; NURSING PROCESS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT ISOLATION; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; RISK MANAGEMENT; SECURITY MEASURES; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 33748081978     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.05.021     Document Type: Article

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