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Restraint: some legal implications
1ACT Government Law Office.
Collegian (Royal College of Nursing, Australia)
|April 1, 1997
Abstract:
The law in relation to the autonomy and physical integrity of persons is explored in this paper. Charges of assault and battery may result where trespass to the person--that is, unwanted physical contact--occurs. These concepts are discussed in the context of the use of restraining behaviours applied to persons in health-care facilities.