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Case Reports
. 2000 Sep;21(3):210-2.
doi: 10.1097/00000433-200009000-00004.

Restraint-related fatalities in mental health facilities: report of two cases

C F Siebert Jr  1 , J R Thogmartin
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Restraint-related fatalities in mental health facilities: report of two cases

C F Siebert Jr et al. Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2000 Sep.

Abstract

Mental health facilities are occasionally confronted with patients who display destructive or disruptive behaviors requiring physical restraint. Under these circumstances, restraint can be associated with death. This case report describes two fatalities associated with physical restraint applied by staff members at mental health facilities.

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