Coercion in psychiatric care: Where are we now, what do we know, where do we go?

Psychiatrist

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 217-220

  Newton Howes, Giles ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Hawke's Bay District Health Board   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOETHICS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPULSION; ETHNICITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PHILOSOPHY; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WELLBEING;

EID: 77953523101     PISSN: 17583209     EISSN: 17583217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/pb.bp.109.027391     Document Type: Review

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