Unauthorised absences from leave from an Australian security hospital

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 170-173

  Scott, Russ ^a   Goel, Vikram ^a   Neillie, Darren ^a   Stedman, Terry ^a   Meehan, Tom ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Escorted leave; Unauthorised absences

Indexed keywords

ABSENCES WITHOUT PERMISSION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GROUND LEAVE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MENTAL HOSPITAL; OFF GROUND LEAVE; PATIENT ESCORT SERVICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TRENDS;

AUSTRALIA; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SECURITY MEASURES;

EID: 84902282483     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1039856214522529     Document Type: Article

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