Mental health intensive care: The nurses' experience and perceptions of a new unit

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1194-1200

  Gentle, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERVIEW; MANPOWER; MENTAL DISEASE; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENGLAND; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERVIEWS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SECURITY MEASURES;

EID: 0030338943     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1996.tb01025.x     Document Type: Article

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