Original Research

Psychiatric in-patients’ experience of being secluded in a specific hospital in Lesotho

Gloria M Ntsaba, Yolanda Havenga
Health SA Gesondheid | Vol 12, No 4 | a267 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/hsag.v12i4.267 | © 2007 Gloria M Ntsaba, Yolanda Havenga | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 17 November 2007 | Published: 17 November 2007

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Gloria M Ntsaba, University of Limpopo, South Africa
Yolanda Havenga, University of Limpopo, South Africa

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Abstract

This qualitative, explorative, descriptive and contextual study was undertaken to explore and describe the experiences of psychiatric in-patients who are secluded in a specific hospital in Lesotho.

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Hierdie kwalitatiewe, verkennende, beskrywende en kontekstuele studie is onderneem om die ervaring van psigiatriese binnepasiënte in afsondering in ‘n spesifieke hospitaal in Lesotho te verken en te beskryf.

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