The Use of Coercive Measures in Forensic Psychiatric Care Legal, Ethical and Practical Challenges /

This book presents the legal context and describes the ethical and practical challenges when using coercive measures in forensic psychiatric settings. A wide range of aspects relevant to the use of such measures, including environmental, patient-related, and staff-related factors, are explored, and...

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Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Völlm, Birgit (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Nedopil, Norbert (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Introduction
  • Part I The Context
  • International human rights and institutional forensic psychiatry: The core issues
  • Legal aspects of the use of coercive measures in psychiatry
  • Sociological perspectives of coercion in psychiatry
  • Wise restraints: Ethical issues in the coercion of forensic patients
  • An international perspective on the use of coercive measures
  • Part II Coercion in different settings
  • The use of coercive measures in general psychiatric settings
  • Special considerations in forensic psychiatry
  • The uses of coercive measures in forensic psychiatry – a literature review
  • Coercion in forensic healthcare: A North-American perspective
  • The use of coercion in prison settings
  • Part III The experience of coercion
  • Staff attitudes towards seclusion and restraint in forensic settings
  • Staff experiences of using coercive measures: “You can’t tell people who don’t understand”
  • Patient experience of coercive measures
  • Service user – Coercion concern
  • Part IV Practical challenges
  • Best practices for reducing the use of coercive measures
  • Mechanical restraint: Legal, ethical and clinical issues.