title: [Freedom versus safety].
abstract: Nurses maintain frequently that freedom and safety are, to a great extent, mutually exclusive in the care of elderly patients. On hand of reflected personal experience and an analysis of literature this article will show 1. how painful limiting restrictions, and especially restraining measures, can be for patients, relatives and nurses, and 2. that modern nursing has various instruments and methods to ensure almost invariably freedom and safety.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik Basel.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gogl
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D005610:Freedom; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D005851:Geriatric Nursing; D006801:Humans; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D010358:Patient Participation; D012149:Restraint, Physical; D017751:Safety Management