Absconding: a literature review
- 1 October 1998
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
- Vol. 5 (5) , 343-353
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2850.1998.00149.x
Abstract
Incidents of absconding from inpatient care are high‐risk events which have been linked to serious harm to self and others. This paper brings together for the first time findings from a disparate bod...Keywords
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