RT Article
T1 Deprivation of Liberty in Psychiatric Hospital Care: the Patient's Perspective
JF Nursing ethics
VO 14
IS 5
SP 597
OP 607
A1 Kuosmanen, Lauri
A1 Hätönen, Heli
A1 Malkavaara, Heikki
A1 Kylmä, Jari
A1 Välimäki, Maritta
A2 Hätönen, Heli
A2 Malkavaara, Heikki
A2 Kylmä, Jari
A2 Välimäki, Maritta
LA English
YR 2007
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1779445563
AB Deprivation of liberty in psychiatric hospitals is common world-wide. The aim of this study was to find out whether patients had experienced deprivation of their liberty during psychiatric hospitalization and to explore their views about it. Patients (n = 51) in two acute psychiatric inpatient wards were interviewed in 2001. They were asked to describe in their own words their experiences of being deprived of their liberty. The data were analysed by inductive content analysis. The types of deprivation of liberty in psychiatric hospital care reported by these patients were: restrictions on leaving the ward and on communication, confiscation of property, and various coercive measures. The patients' experiences of being deprived of their liberty were negative, although some saw the rationale for using these interventions, considering them as part of hospital care.
K1 Qualitative methods
K1 Psychiatric patients
K1 Psychiatric hospital care
K1 patients' rights
K1 Ethics
K1 Deprivation of liberty
DO 10.1177/0969733007080205