The importance of least restrictive care: the clinical implications of a recent High Court decision on negligence.

CONCLUSIONS: The Court's finding underlines the importance of clinicians documenting their clinical reasoning around why their negotiated management plan was the option least restrictive of the patient's freedom and most protective of his or her human rights.
PMID: 26104773 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Australasian Psychiatry - June 23, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Ryan CJ, Callaghan S, Large M Tags: Australas Psychiatry Source Type: research