A comparative study of the perceptions of British mental health nurses and psychiatrists of their work environment

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 36-43

  Dallender, Janie ^a,d   Nolan, Peter ^a   Soares, Joaquim ^b   Thomsen, Sarah ^c   Arnetz, Bengt ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Ctr for the Devmt of Hlth Sci   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHIATRY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0032618551     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1999.00858.x     Document Type: Article

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