Emergency Department Treatment of the Psychiatric Patient: Policy Issues and Legal Requirements

by Susan Stefan

Book Overview

Many hospital emergency departments are overcrowded and short-staffed, with a limited number of available hospital beds. It is increasingly hard for emergency departments and their staff to provide the necessary level of care for medical patients. Caring for people with psychiatric disabilities raises different issues and calls on different skills.
In Emergency Department Treatment of the Psychiatric Patient, Dr. Stefan uses research, surveys,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195189299
• ISBN13: 9780195189292
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.5"