Norsk studie om pasienters og personales syn på tvang

Especially among staff, there are divergent views of coercion. Professionals being physically and emotionally close to the patient are more likely to understand him or her as a unique person with individual needs. If patients are kept at a distance, professionals as a group change to understand patients as members of a group with common needs and common restrictions.

Coercion in a locked psychiatric ward: Perspectives of patients and staff 
Inger B Larsen and Toril B Terkelsen
University of Agder, Norway