Care and restraint, when the law questions nursing practice

Abstract

With the reforms of 2011 and 2013 relating to psychiatric hospitalisation, raises the question of the suitability of modern psychiatric practice with regard to a person's recognised principles and basic rights. Achieving a balance is difficult and the Constitutional Council has joined the debate, bringing to an end any idea of compromise between safety and freedom. A decision which was made as a result of a clarification of certain regulations which have proved controversial from the point of view of individual liberties.