Abused Women's Concerns about Safety and the Therapeutic Environment during Psychiatric Hospitalization

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 53-70

  Gallop, Ruth ^b   Engels, Susan ^c   DiNunzio, Rosanna ^a   Napravnik, Sonia ^c  

^a Oshawa General Hospital   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BATTERED WOMAN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; STANDARD; THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BATTERED WOMEN; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PRIMARY NURSING CARE; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY; SECURITY MEASURES; THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY;

EID: 0033182676     PISSN: 08445621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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