Locked inpatient units in modern mental health care: Values and practice issues

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 644-646

  Cleary, M ^a   Hunt, E ^a,b   Walter, G ^b,c   Robertson, M ^b  

^a Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c New South Wales Government   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; METHODOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL UNITS; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MENTAL DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 72449178388     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2008.027888     Document Type: Article

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