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Author:

Stefan, Susan.

Title:

Emergency department treatment of the psychiatric patient : policy issues and legal requirements / Susan Stefan.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

xiv, 215 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Psychiatric emergencies.
Hospitals--Emergency service.
Crisis intervention (Mental health services)
Mental health laws--United States.
Emergency Service, Hospital--standards--United States.
Emergency Services, Psychiatric--legislation & jurisprudence--United States.
Attitude of Health Personnel--United States.
Mentally Disabled Persons--United States.
Patient Rights--United States.
Quality of Health Care--standards--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-206) and index.

Contents:

Overview of emergency services for people with psychiatric disabilities -- Patients' problems in emergency department care -- Professional issues in emergency department care -- Legal rights and standards in emergency department treatment of people with psychiatric disabilities -- Solutions to problems in emergency department treatment of people with psychiatric disabilities.

Series:

American psychology-law society series

ISBN:

9780195189292
9780195189292 (cloth : alk. paper)
0195189299 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)61151470

LCCN:

2005020674

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)