Quality of life survey among long-stay mentally ill patients: Patient and staff perspectives

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 512-516

  Nair, V ^a   Tiwari, S ^a   Wee, M ^a   Leong, S F ^a   Sarjit, K ^a   Thavamani, ^a   Liew, C S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Inpatient psychiatric care; Long stay mentally ill; Psychiatric rehabilitation; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONG TERM CARE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SINGAPORE; STANDARD;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DATA COLLECTION; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MENTAL DISORDERS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0030253758     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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