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Focus on Restraint: Guidelines on the Use of Restraint in the Care of the Elderly. The Royal College of Nursing, 20 Cavendish Square, London W1M 0AB. 1987. Pp 9. No price stated.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Brice Pitt
Brice Pitt*
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Psychiatry of Old Age, St Mary's Hospital Medical School, London W10
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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 12 , Issue 11 , November 1988 , pp. 508 - 510
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References

1. Frengley, J. D. & Mion, L. C. (1986) Incidence of physical restraints on acute general medical wards. Journal of the American Geriatric Society, 34, 565–568.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
2. Robbins, L. J., Boykoe, , Lane, J., Cooper, D. & Jahnigen, D. W. (1987) Binding the elderly: a prospective study of the use of mechanical restraints in an acute care hospital. Journal of the American Geriatric Society, 35, 290–296.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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