Home treatment - Enigmas and fantasies

British Medical Journal

Volumn 320, Issue 7230, 2000, Pages 308-309

  Pelosi, Anthony J ^a   Jackson, Graham A ^b  

^a NHS LANARKSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b Leverndale Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT REFERRAL; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SHORT SURVEY; TREATMENT FAILURE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FAMILY PRACTICE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS;

EID: 0034727978     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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