Investigation into the acceptability of door locking to staff, patients, and visitors on acute psychiatric wards

International Journal of Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-49

  Muir Cochrane, Eimear ^a   Van der Merwe, Marie ^b   Nijman, Henk ^d   Haglund, Kristina ^e   Simpson, Alan ^b   Bowers, Len ^b,c  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Forensic Psychiatric Center De Kijvelanden   (Netherlands)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Absconding; Acute psychiatric ward; Locked door

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; SECURITY MEASURES; SELF CONCEPT; VISITORS TO PATIENTS;

EID: 84855408788     PISSN: 14458330     EISSN: 14470349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0349.2011.00758.x     Document Type: Article

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