Smoking ban in psychiatric wards raises safety and ethical issues

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 310-311

  Subramaniam, Arun ^a  

^a NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; AGGRESSION; AUSTRALIA; COMPLICATION; ETHICS; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; SMOKING; STANDARDS;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; AUSTRALIA; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; PATIENT SAFETY; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84961045633     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1039856215576422     Document Type: Article

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