The experience of caring for former long-stay psychiatric patients

British Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 149-151

  McGilloway, Sinead ^a   Donnelly, Michael ^a   Mays, Nicholas ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION; THERAPY;

EID: 0031055417     PISSN: 01446657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1997.tb01238.x     Document Type: Article

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