title: Forensic nursing: a review of concepts and definitions.
abstract: This article considers the evidence for the existence of forensic nursing as a sub-specialty in mental health care. Using definitions and concepts described in nursing literature from the UK and the US, the author argues that forensic nursing as a distinctive branch of nursing does not in fact exist.
authors.affiliation: Rampton Hospital Authority, Retford.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Whyte
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011329:Prisoners; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing; D012742:Sex Offenses; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States