Chapter
Coercion in Forensic Healthcare: A North American Perspective
Abstract
The debate concerning non-consensual, or coerced, forensic mental healthcare continues to engage clinicians, scholars, lawyers, decision makers, bio-ethicists, and the judiciary across Canada and the United States. This chapter reviews and discusses the theoretical, clinical, legal, and ethical aspects of seclusion and restraint practices in forensic psychiatric hospital settings and reports the results from empirical studies. The chapter also …
Authors
Brink J; Goossens I
Book title
The Use of Coercive Measures in Forensic Psychiatric Care
Pagination
pp. 185-208
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
2016
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-26748-7_10