Physical intervention in older adult psychiatry: An audit of physical ailments identified by physiotherapists and the implications for managing aggressive behavior

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1196-1197

  Stubbs, Brendon ^a  

^a Townsend Division   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BONE DISEASE; BRAIN INJURY; COMORBIDITY; CONSENSUS; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INJURY; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL PATIENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; SCREENING; SPASTICITY; TENNIS ELBOW; UNITED KINGDOM; VIOLENCE;

AGED; AGGRESSION; BONE DISEASES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DEMENTIA; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NURSING AUDIT; PAIN; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICAL THERAPY (SPECIALTY); RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 75149190522     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610209990019     Document Type: Letter

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