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| Research article summary (published 27 Feb 2007): |
Detention on a general ward: understanding and applying the law.
Full Abstract
From April 2007 there will be two acts of parliament that govern the legal detention of patients in hospitahl:
the Mental Health Act 1983 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005. This article addresses common questions posed to liaison psychiatrists by hospital doctors:
how to legally detain patients on general wards and how these Acts are applied.
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Author information
Author/s: Schofield, C (C); Holden, N (N);
Affiliation: Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham.
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article; Review
Journal: British journal of hospital medicine (London, England : 2005) (Br J Hosp Med (Lond)), published in England. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2007-Mar; vol 68 (issue 3) : pp 152-4
Dates: Created 2007/04/10; Completed 2007/07/16;
PMID: 17419470, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)
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