An assessment of the impact of community psychiatric nurse attachment to primary care upon the monitoring of patients with severe mental illness

Journal of Mental Health

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 403-412

  Weaver, Tim ^a   Patmore, Charles ^b   Cunningham, Barbara ^a   Renton, Adrian ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSING; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032881683     PISSN: 09638237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638239917328     Document Type: Article

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