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Originally Posted by WeepingWillow23
In the Elyn Saks book, she says that they are much less likely to physically restrain people in UK hospitals than in the US. I don't know if that is true or not, but if it is it's interesting. I never saw anyone restrained or forcibly injected when I was sectioned for 3 weeks, but I have no idea how representative that is of experiences here in the UK. It is something that completely terrifies me though! 
*Willow* |
Yeah I read that in her book too but I just don't think there are many people who've been in the hospital in both countries so it's hard to tell by comparison and that was much longer ago as well. I guess one of things I don't understand is that they tend to use physical restraints and then give an injection on top of it...but leave you in restraints...to my mind using one argues against the use of the other although I think neither should be allowed without trying other calming tactics first this is like cops just shooting people or animals because they can you know...one of the solutions to this problem for cops is mandating video recorders and while I think there could be some terrible breaches of privacy if cameras were widely used in hospitals it might be an effective deterrant for the staff who just don't want to be bothered to talk to someone and find out what's wrong.