Attitudes to coercion among health-care workers and the general public in Norway

Journal of Psychiatric Intensive Care

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-37

  Wynn, Rolf ^a   Myklebust, Lars Henrik ^a   Bratlid, Trond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

attitudes; coercion; inpatients; Psychiatry; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849194530     PISSN: 17426464     EISSN: 17422206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742646406000252     Document Type: Article

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