Working with the Patient with a Chronic Mental Impairment: An Activity Group Approach

Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 27-30

  Smith, Maureen K ^a,e   Harty, Kathryn M ^b,c   Riggin, Ona Z ^d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NORWICH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSE; NURSING; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF CONCEPT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NURSE CLINICIANS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0030074887     PISSN: 02793695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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