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Informal patients in secure wards: restriction of movement or deprivation of liberty?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 June 2006

J Laidlaw  and
D Buckle
J Laidlaw
Affiliation:
Montpellier Low Secure Unit, Gloucester, GL1 3WL, England
D Buckle
Affiliation:
Montpellier Low Secure Unit, Gloucester, GL1 3WL, England

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Those requiring inpatient psychiatric care should be managed in the lowest level of security necessary in a ward close to their home area. The presence of informal (voluntary) patients on secure wards appears incompatible with this principle. Can such situations be justified?

Type
Editorial
Information
Journal of Psychiatric Intensive Care , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , December 2005 , pp. 61 - 63
Copyright
© 2006 NAPICU

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