title: Patient restraints.
abstract: This is the first column in a new feature that focuses on the questions health care managers ask the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO). Both the JCAHO and Nursing Management's editors urge you, the readers, to submit your questions (see address at end of column).
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authors.lastname: Kobs
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D012149:Restraint, Physical / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence