A collective responsibility
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A collective responsibility

Martin Riley Lecturer in Psychiatric Nursing, Ashworth Hospital and the University of Liverpool

In the first of two articles about recent problems at Ashworth Hospital, Martin Riley argues that nurses must shoulder some responsibility for the suspicion aroused by allegations of brutality

The special hospitals have historically provided an institutional setting for the management of people who are deemed to be mentally ill and a serious danger to themselves or others

Nursing Standard. 5, 33, 18-20. doi: 10.7748/ns.5.33.18.s36

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