Can a standardized needs assessment be used to improve the care of people with severe mental disorders? A pilot study of 'needs feedback'

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1408-1415

  Lockwood, Austin ^a   Marshall, Max ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care programme approach; Case management; Community psychiatric nursing; Expert systems; Medical informatics; Needs schedules; Needs led care; Nurse specialists; Pilot studies; Severe mental disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE; NURSING; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0033257778     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1999.01217.x     Document Type: Article

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