The Journal of Adult Protection: Volume 7 Issue 4
Evidence-based practice in relation to safeguarding adults
Subjects:
Table of contents
The use of physical restraint in mental health nursing: An examination of principles, practice and implications for training
Joy Duxbury, Brodie PatersonTackling the problem of aggression and violence in health care is high on the agenda for healthcare professionals. In an endeavour to protect both patients and staff alike when…
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Psychiatric injustice? The therapeutic presumption of behaviour management in mental health law
Kirsty KeywoodThere are a great many people with mental health problems receiving treatments that are aimed primarily at managing aggressive or challenging behaviours by means of sedation…
458
Protecting patients' rights: future regulation and monitoring of the Mental Health Act
Kamlesh PatelThe draft Mental Health Bill 2004 proposes transfer of the main monitoring functions of the Mental Health Act Commission (MHAC) to the Healthcare Commission (or in practice…
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ISSN:
1466-8203Online date, start – end:
1999Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Dr Bridget Penhale
- Dr Margaret Flynn