Attitudes to the use of seclusion: Has contemporary mental health policy made a difference?

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 21-22, 2010, Pages 3208-3217

  Happell, Brenda ^a   Koehn, Stefan ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Australia; Nurses; Nursing; Policy; Seclusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ISOLATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650462257     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03286.x     Document Type: Article

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