Patient and staff perceptions of the ward atmosphere in a Swedish maximum-security forensic psychiatric hospital

Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 263-276

  Brunt, David ^a   Rask, Mikael ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clinical implications; Forensic psychiatry; Patient perceptions; Staff perceptions; Ward atmosphere

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MENTAL PATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SWEDEN; WARD;

EID: 20444421808     PISSN: 14789949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1478994042000270238     Document Type: Article

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