Physical restraint of medical inpatients: Unravelling the red tape

Clinical Ethics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 16-21

  Behrman, Sophie ^a   Dunn, Michael ^b  

^a ROYAL BERKSHIRE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84992854083     PISSN: 14777509     EISSN: 1758101X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ce.2009.009037     Document Type: Article

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