Being an outsider: Nurses' statements about a vignette of an elderly resident with a schizophrenia diagnosis and dementia behaviour

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 213-220

  Hellzen O ^a   Kristiansen, L ^a,b   Norbergh, K G ^a  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Vasternorrland County Council   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Labelling; Nursing; Psychiatry; Vignette

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; DEMENTIA; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; NURSE; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 1642525867     PISSN: 13510126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2003.00711.x     Document Type: Article

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