The mental health clinical nurse specialist and the "difficult" patient: Evolving meaning

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 5-22

  Laskowski, Cheryl ^a  

^a DAEMEN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; COUNTER TRANSFERENCE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; NURSE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

AMBULATORY CARE; COUNTERTRANSFERENCE (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 0035240607     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/016128401750158704     Document Type: Article

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