Safewards: The empirical basis of the model and a critical appraisal

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 354-364

  Bowers, L ^a   Alexander, J ^f   Bilgin, H ^g   Botha, M ^h   Dack, C ^b   James, K ^a   Jarrett, M ^a   Jeffery, D ^c   Nijman, H ⁱ   Owiti, J A ^d   Papadopoulos, C ^e   Ross, J ^b   Wright, S ^a   Stewart, D ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^f Irish College of Humanities and Applied Sciences   (Ireland)

^g ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^h Florence Nightingale School of Nursing Istanbul University ^*

ⁱ RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute hospital; Aggression; Coercion; Control and restraint; Inpatient issues

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MODEL; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; STANDARDS;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING;

EID: 84897456909     PISSN: 13510126     EISSN: 13652850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpm.12085     Document Type: Article

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