The right of the nurse to detain informal patients in psychiatric hospitals in England and Wales.
Attitudes of psychiatric hospital staff, particularly nurses, were gathered by means of a questionnaire. The question in issue centred on section 5 of the Mental Health Act, 1983, which empowers certain nurses to restrain patients from leaving the hospital.
Dimond
B
B
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004739:England; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010344:Patient Advocacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing; D014852:Wales