Staff under pressure: Bullying within NHS therapeutic communities

Therapeutic Communities

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 149-158

  Stein, Samuel M ^a   Hoosen, Imthiaz ^b   Brooks, Emily ^a   Haigh, Rex ^b   Christie, Deborah ^a  

^a Bedfordshire/Luton NHS Comm Trust ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b Winterbourne Therapeutic Community   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; EMPLOYEE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIETY; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0036762135     PISSN: 09641866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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