• Brit J Hosp Med · Mar 2007

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    Detention on a general ward: understanding and applying the law.

    • C Schofield and N Holden.
    • Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham.
    • Brit J Hosp Med. 2007 Mar 1; 68 (3): 152154152-4.

    AbstractFrom April 2007 there will be two acts of parliament that govern the legal detention of patients in hospitahl: the Mental Health Act 1983 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005. This article addresses common questions posed to liaison psychiatrists by hospital doctors: how to legally detain patients on general wards and how these Acts are applied.

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