[Patient mechanical restraint. Current situation and help for healthcare professionals].
Health care professionals responsible for care of the elderly in the residential environment are anxiously waiting for specific and concrete guidelines in this area, as well as a solid scientific-technical positioning based on the scientific evidence, through which their performances in daily clinical practice can be expressed. After an updated review of the subject, it seeks to answer those questions that undoubtedly arise in the healthcare professional, as regards the mechanical constraints to which they have to resort in clinical practice.
Comité de Ética para la Atención Sanitaria, Gerencia, Área Sanitaria III, Avilés, Asturias, España. Electronic address: juan.rubio@sespa.es.
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D000368:Aged; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D012149:Restraint, Physical / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards*; D013030:Spain
Anciano; Atención Primaria; Bioethics; Bioética; Contención mecánica; Elderly; Mechanical restraint; Primary Care