Coercion and the mentally Ill: Ethical perspectives

Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 101-108

  Zolnierek, Diamond Cindy ^a  

^a SCRIPPS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Care ethics; Coercion; Ethics; Involuntary treatment; Mentally ill

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249783435     PISSN: 10783903     EISSN: 15325725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078390307303110     Document Type: Article

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