Asylum blues: Staff attitudes towards psychiatric nursing in Sarawak, East Malaysia

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 713-721

  Crabtree, S Ashencaen ^a  

^a ZAYED UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Asylum; Containment; Psychiatric patients; Psychiatric staff; Sarawak

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MALAYSIA; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSING;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PREJUDICE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING;

EID: 0344256570     PISSN: 13510126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2850.2003.00665.x     Document Type: Article

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