Responses and needs in a changing situation: Staff who work with people with learning disability

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 157-162

  Smith, B ^b   Chung, Man Cheung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community care; Employment; Learning disability; Staff; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT;

EID: 0030159260     PISSN: 13510126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2850.1996.tb00082.x     Document Type: Article

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