Nurses' and Patients' Perceptions of the Social Climate in a Forensic Unit in Wales

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 65-78

  Morrison, Paul ^a   Burnard, Philip ^b   Phillips, Ceri ^c  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Glamorgan   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0345708180     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X9704100107     Document Type: Article

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