Inappropriate restraint practices in australian teaching hospitals

Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 23-27

  Irving, Kate ^a,b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Australia; Prevalence; Restraint; Teaching hospitals

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EXERCISE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL;

EID: 49649123358     PISSN: 08130531     EISSN: 14474328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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