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Policy and Policy Proposals (317) Ethics, Privacy, and Legal Issues (812) Electronic/Mobile Data Capture, Internet-based Survey & Research Methodology (1748) Personal Perspective (23) Psychiatry (131)

Published on in Vol 27 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/73610, first published .
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Patient Perspectives on Open-Door Policies in Psychiatry: Mixed Methods Study

Patient Perspectives on Open-Door Policies in Psychiatry: Mixed Methods Study

Authors of this article:

Timur Liwinski1 Author Orcid Image ;   Robert Davidson1 Author Orcid Image ;   Jan Sarlon1 Author Orcid Image ;   Rainer Gaupp1 Author Orcid Image ;   Lukas Imfeld1 Author Orcid Image ;   Annette B Brühl1 Author Orcid Image ;   Marc Vogel1 Author Orcid Image ;   Christian G Huber1 Author Orcid Image ;   Undine E Lang1 Author Orcid Image
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