Seclusion & restraint: Where have we been? Where are we now? Where are we going?

Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 6-7

  Huckshorn, Kevin Ann ^a  

^a National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT ISOLATION; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 7944230462     PISSN: 02793695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/02793695-20040901-01     Document Type: Editorial

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