The use of coercion in psychiatric and mental health nursing is a major challenge, which can
lead to negative consequences for nurses and patients, including rupture in the therapeutic …

Background: To better understand the kinds of ethical challenges that emerge when using
coercion in mental healthcare, and the importance of these ethical challenges, this article …

To illuminate nurses' experience of using coercion against psychiatric patients, a
phenomenological hermeneutic study was conducted with seven registered nurses and …

Coercive practices are relatively common in mental healthcare, but coercion is ethically
problematic because it involves acting against an individual's autonomy. However, coercion …

Background: Coercion in mental healthcare has led to ethical debate on its nature and use.
However, few studies have explicitly explored patients' moral evaluations of coercion. Aim …

Experiences of coercion in psychiatric care as narrated by patients, nurses and physicians
Aim. The aim of the study was to increase understanding of psychiatric patients', nurses' and …

Accessible summary What is known on the subject? Psychiatric patients have generally
negative experiences of being exposed to coercive measures. Existing research has …

Making nursing decision for patients who cannot communicate their own wishes and needs
is a common problem in psychiatric and mental health nursing. The aim of this article is to …

The use of coercion in mental health care is not self‐evident and requires moral justification.
A joint understanding is difficult to achieve, because patients and health professionals often …

Eighteen involuntarily hospitalized psychiatric patients narrated their experiences of being
subjected to coercion and their thoughts on how to prevent the coercion. A qualitative …