Deprivation of liberty in psychiatric hospital care: The patient's perspective

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 597-607

  Kuosmanen, Lauri ^a,b,c   Hätönen, Heli ^a,b   Malkavaara, Heikki ^d   Kylmä, Jari ^e   Välimäki, Martta ^b,f  

^a University of Turku ^*  (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c City of Vantaa   (Finland)

^d HOSPITAL DISTRICT OF HELSINKI AND UUSIMAA   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^f PIRKANMAA HOSPITAL DISTRICT   (Finland)

Author keywords

Deprivation of liberty; Ethics; Patients' rights; Psychiatric hospital care; Psychiatric patients; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMOTION; FEMALE; FINLAND; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MOTIVATION; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; POLICY; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SAFETY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COERCION; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOTIVATION; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34548420141     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733007080205     Document Type: Review

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