An examination of psychiatric-mental health outcomes from the perspectives of logical positivism and phenomenology

Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 22-27

  Kutney, Ann M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Mental health outcomes; Mental illness; Philosophy; Psychiatric nursing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745435644     PISSN: 10783903     EISSN: 15325725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078390306286443     Document Type: Review

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