Aggressive behaviour, staff attitude and staff perception of patients on two continuing care psychogeriatric wards

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 66-71

  Bahareethan, M ^a   Shah, A ^b,c  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c WEST LONDON MENTAL HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGGRESSION; ALIENATION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MOOD; NURSING STAFF; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034113357     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860055991     Document Type: Article

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