Beyond emergencies: The use of physical restraints in medical and psychiatric settings

Harvard Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 353-358

  Glezer, Anna ^a,b   Brendel, Rebecca Weintraub ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

law; physical restraint; risk management

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY CARE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LABORATORY TEST; LAW SUIT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARANOIA; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL RESTRAINT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC ADVANCE DIRECTIVE; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION;

COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EXPERT TESTIMONY; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALPRACTICE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT ISOLATION; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; RISK MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649245390     PISSN: 10673229     EISSN: 14657309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10673229.2010.527514     Document Type: Review

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