Satisfaction with in-patient psychiatric services: Relationship to patient and treatment factors

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 174, Issue FEB., 1999, Pages 159-163

  Greenwood, Nan ^a   Key, Adrienne ^a   Burns, Tom ^a   Bristow, Mike ^a   Sedgwick, Philip ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033032820     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.174.2.159     Document Type: Article

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