Service users' views of physical restraint procedures in secure settings for people with learning disabilities

British Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 50-54

  Jones, Peter ^a   Kroese, Biza Stenfert ^b  

^a South Staffordshire Psychology Service   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Learning disabilities; Restraint; Secure; User views

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947664452     PISSN: 13544187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3156.2006.00390.x     Document Type: Article

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