@article{ref1,
title="Coercive interactions in a psychiatric emergency room",
journal="Behavioral sciences and the law",
year="1993",
author="Lidz, Charles W. and Mulvey, Edward P. and Arnold, Robert P. and Bennett, Nancy S. and Kirsch, Brenda L.",
volume="11",
number="3",
pages="269-280",
abstract="This paper describes the prevalence of coercive and non-coercive efforts to influence patients' admission decisions in a psychiatric emergency room. The findings are based on previously collected transcripts of the interaction between patients and families and emergency room staff in 405 cases. Although a significant percentage of the patients were involuntarily admitted, otherwise the most prominent pressures were efforts by attending physicians to persuade patients about what would be the most appropriate disposition. However, a detailed qualitative analysis of the interaction suggest that the clinical staffs power to commit patients against their will affects the way all parties interpret the staffs 'persuasion' in such a way that it may be understood as quite coercive.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0735-3936",
doi="10.1002/bsl.2370110305",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bsl.2370110305"
}