Abstract / Description of output
Within psychiatric hospitals it is not legal for staff to formally punish a patient for any misdemeanour. The staff response to such an incident is cloaked in therapeutic terms even if it is in effect a disciplinary punishment. To avoid injustice and introduce safeguards into this process Professor Genevra Richardson (1993, 1995) suggests the need for the introduction of a disciplinary code for psychiatric in-patients. This paper discusses the need for better guidance for psychiatric staff and the problems of punitive sanctions on patients.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 65-68 |
| Journal | Medicine, Science and the Law |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 1996 |