De facto imprisonment and covert medication use in general nursing homes for older people in South East England

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 326-330

  Macdonald, Alastair J D ^a,d   Roberts, Alice ^a   Carpenter, Iain ^b,c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^d Academic Department   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capacity; Dementia; Ethics; Legal; Nursing homes; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL CAPACITY; NURSING HOME; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 8644263356     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324559     Document Type: Article

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