The importance of least restrictive care: The clinical implications of a recent High Court decision on negligence

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 415-417

  Ryan, Christopher James ^a   Callaghan, Sascha ^a   Large, Matthew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

documentation; jurisprudence; malpractice; negligence; risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; JURISPRUDENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL PATIENT; NEGLIGENCE; PATIENT CARE; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; ETHICS; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, MEDICAL; MALPRACTICE; MENTAL HEALTH;

EID: 84925690738     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1039856215590025     Document Type: Article

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