Gender politics and secure services for women: Reflections on a study of staff understandings of challenging behaviour

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 585-591

  McKeown, M ^a   Anderson, J ^b   Bennett, A ^b   Clayton, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b Calderstones NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feminism; Gender; Politics; Q methodology; Secure services; Women

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HOSPITAL; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE TRAINING; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT ATTITUDE;

FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; POLITICS; PREJUDICE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0141958679     PISSN: 13510126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2850.2003.00662.x     Document Type: Article

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