Exploring Patterns of Seclusion Use in Australian Mental Health Services

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Happell, Brenda ^a   Gaskin, Cadeyrn J ^b  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHICS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STANDARD; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ISOLATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 80053560835     PISSN: 08839417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnu.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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