Citation

Tapp A. Can. Nurse 1997; 93(3): 47-48.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, Canadian Nurses Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9110637

Abstract

Nurses are frequently part of a health care team providing services to psychiatric patients. From a health care and legal perspective, one of the pressing issues that must often be addressed is the amount of supervision or intervention required to protect the patient from self-harm or from injuring others.

Language: en

Keywords

Canada; Humans; Malpractice; Mental Disorders; Patient Care Team; Psychiatric Nursing; Suicide Prevention