Decision making for health care professionals: Use of decision trees within the community mental health setting

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 349-356

  Bonner, Gwen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case study; Collaboration; Community mental health; Decision making; Decision trees; Dual diagnosis; Multidisciplinary approaches

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DECISION TREE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSING PROCESS; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHIATRY; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL WORK; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; DECISION TREES; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; NURSING PROCESS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SELECTION; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHIATRY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHIATRIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035431131     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2001.01851.x     Document Type: Article

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