Accounting for assessments of mental illness in paramedic practice: A new theoretical framework

Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care

Volumn 3, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages

  Shaban, Ramon Z ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ambulance officer; Decision making; Judgment; Mental illness; Paramedic; Theoretical frameworks

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 24044531298     PISSN: 14474999     EISSN: 14474999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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