The responses of professional groups to the use of Section 136 of the Mental Health Act (1983, as amended by the 2007 Act) in Gloucestershire

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 36-42

  Riley, G ^a   Laidlaw, J ^a   Pugh, D ^a   Freeman, E ^b  

^a Mental Capacity Act and Mental Health Act Implementation Manager   (United Kingdom)

^b GLOUCESTERSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79959625375     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/msl.2010.010072     Document Type: Article

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