The influence of staffing levels on the use of seclusion

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 118-126

  Janssen, Wim ^a   Noorthoorn, Eric ^a   Linge, Roland van ^b   Lendemeijer, Bert ^a,c  

^a GGNet ^*  (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; NETHERLANDS; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHIFT WORKER; TEAMWORK; WARD; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PATIENT ISOLATION; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33847385792     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2006.04.005     Document Type: Article

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