Restraints and the code of ethics: An uneasy fit

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-14

  Mohr, Wanda K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTHORITY; CONFLICT; EDUCATION; ETHICS; EXERCISE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUTHORITARIANISM; BENCHMARKING; CODES OF ETHICS; COERCION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); ETHICAL ANALYSIS; HUMANS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRINCIPLE-BASED ETHICS; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73649097254     PISSN: 08839417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnu.2009.03.003     Document Type: Review

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