Qualitative assessment of mental health service satisfaction: Strengths and limitations of a self-administered procedure

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 233-242

  Perreault, Michel ^a   Pawliuk, Nicole ^b   Veilleux, Renée ^a   Rousseau, Michel ^c  

^a DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

Author keywords

Open ended questions; Qualitative; Service satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTENT VALIDITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF-ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33748307603     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-005-9028-1     Document Type: Article

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