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Alternatives to seclusion in psychiatric care

British Journal of Nursing, 1996
The use of seclusion In psychiatry is declining. Its punitive nature has been acknowledged and alternative, more therapeutic approaches are needed to deal with disturbed patients. What alternatives are available? This article reports a study that sought to examine the response to incidents that formerly would have led to seclusion in one psychiatric ...
M, Lehane, C, Rees
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ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE IN MATERNITY CARE

Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, 2000
Primary care physicians are confronted daily with questions from their patients about alternative medicine. When maternity care patients seek information about such therapies, careful attention must be paid to issues of safety and efficacy for both the mother and her unborn child.
K A, Petrie, M R, Peck
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An Alternative Model in Geriatric Care

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 1979
ABSTRACT: An analysis is presented of one long‐term care facility's attempt to develop a comprehensive geriatric program including care of the patient in a hospital, a skilled nursing home, a day hospital, or a clinic for care of the ambulatory aged.
S R, Ingman, C A, McDonald, R, Lusky
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Hospice Care: The Cheaper Alternative

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1994
To the Editor. —Hospice care is the logical choice for many terminally ill patients since it allows the patient to remain at home as much as possible. According to a 1992 Gallup poll, nine of 10 Americans prefer this option.1But instead of staying at home, dying Americans are usually in hospitals during their last 2 months of life spending vast sums ...
A, Mitchell, D, Hunter, D, Blackhurst, C, Stroud, B, Lee   +4 more
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Hospice Care as an Alternative to Euthanasia

Law, Medicine and Health Care, 1992
The same concerns that have led society to consider euthanasia as an option for relieving the suffering of the dying led to the development of the hospice movement. How effectively has hospice care met these needs, and is there still a need for euthanasia?
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Kangaroo mother care-an alternative to conventional care

The Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 2008
The term kangaroo mother care (KMC) is derived from practical similarities to marsupial care-giving, i.e., the premature infant is kept warm in the maternal pouch and close to the breasts for unlimited feeding. It is a gentle and effective method that avoids agitation routinely experienced in a busy ward with preterm infants.
Anu, Thukral, Deepak, Chawla, Ramesh, Agarwal, Ashok K, Deorari, Vinod K, Paul   +4 more
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Day Care Services: An Alternative to Institutional Care†

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 1975
ABSTRACT The day care program at St. Camillus Nursing Home in Syracuse, New York is described. The growth rate of the program, the observed benefits to the participants, and acceptance by their family members indicate its value to the community.
N H, Mehta, C M, Mack
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Alternative Health Care: An Overview

Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing, 1998
One-third of the patients seen in health care settings in a year also use alternative therapies. This article outlines ways to evaluate alternative therapies, including general resources that may be used for future reference, and discusses implications for practice and policy.
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The Alternative Care Is Not There

1976
Although historical developments are covered in some detail in another chapter, it may be useful to re-emphasize that state mental hospitals were, at their inception, highly successful. That success was not due either to an “illness” conception of psychological disorder nor to a “moral therapy” conception of its remediation, but to the great compassion
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Community alternatives to institutional care

American Journal of Psychiatry, 1976
The Community Mental Health Center Amendments of 1975 (Public Law 94-63) mandate that federally funded mental health centers provide specific services to patients discharged from mental health facilities, including follow-up care and a system of transitional halfway houses. In addition, they must provide assistance in screening potential inpatients and
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