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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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Commitment of Mentally Ill - legislation & jurisprudence
Hospitals, General - legislation & jurisprudence
Humans
Mental Competency - legislation & jurisprudence

Mental Disorders - therapy
Mentally Ill Persons - legislation & jurisprudence
Patients' Rooms - legislation & jurisprudence
Restraint, Physical - legislation & jurisprudence

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