A suggested revision of the Ward Atmosphere Scale

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 374-380

  Rossberg J I ^a   Friis, S ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Mental disorders; Patient satisfaction; Psychiatric department; Psychometrics; Social environment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; SCORING SYSTEM; WARD ATMOSPHERE SCALE;

EID: 0142246410     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0447.2003.00191.x     Document Type: Article

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