title: [Inpatient psychiatry in Denmark].
abstract: The paper describes organization and clinical aspects of Danish psychiatry seen from the view of a psychiatrist trained in Switzerland. Differences of the two societies, the description of the hospital, the psychiatrist's daily work as well as juridical aspects and their effects to the work on a psychiatric ward form the main themes of this article. At the end the author tries to value the two different systems.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gnirss
mesh_terms: D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003718:Denmark; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000639:trends*; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000639:trends; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital / Q000639:trends