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Minimising Restrictive Practices: Physical Restraint

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Physical restraint is an ethically, legally and clinically harmful practice that violates a client’s fundamental human rights and may lead to poor care outcomes.

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Physical restraint is the practice of intentionally restricting or subduing the movement of a client’s body through the use of physical force, for the purpose of influencing their behaviour. Physical restraint is a type of restrictive practice. Restrictive practices are potentially harmful and must only be used as a last resort intervention, in their least restrictive form.

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