TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1993//
TI  - Coercive interactions in a psychiatric emergency room
JO  - Behavioral sciences and the law
A1  - Lidz, Charles W.
A1  - Mulvey, Edward P.
A1  - Arnold, Robert P.
A1  - Bennett, Nancy S.
A1  - Kirsch, Brenda L.
SP  - 269
EP  - 280
VL  - 11
IS  - 3
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0735-3936
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bsl.2370110305
ID  - ref1
ER  -