The attitudes of forensic nurses to substance using service users

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 578-584

  Foster, J H ^a   Onyeukwu, C ^b,c  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Mental Health Unit   (United Kingdom)

^c Haringay NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Attitudes; Ethnicity; Forensic; Gender; Substance misuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MISUSE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL PATIENT; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0141958680     PISSN: 13510126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2850.2003.00663.x     Document Type: Article

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