Evaluating clinical outcome and staff morale in a rehabilitation team for people with serious mental health problems

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 44-51

  Brooker, Charlie ^a   Molyneux, Philip ^b   Deverill, Mark ^c   Repper, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b PENNINE ACUTE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Coupland III Building ^*

Author keywords

Clinical outcome; Rehabilitation; Serious mental health problems; Staff morale

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MORALITY; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY CONTROL; UNITED KINGDOM;

BENCHMARKING; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DATA COLLECTION; ENGLAND; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MORALE; NURSING STAFF; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032616974     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1999.00859.x     Document Type: Article

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