Mental health issues within the general health care system: The challenge for nursing education in Australia

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 465-471

  Happell, Brenda ^a   Platania Phung, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Education; General health care system; Mental health problems; Nurses attitudes; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COST OF ILLNESS; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COST OF ILLNESS; CURRICULUM; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE'S ROLE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 23044451498     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2005.04.005     Document Type: Article

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