Mental health nurses' experiences of schizophrenia rehabilitation in China and India: A preliminary study

International Journal of Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 22-27

  Higgins, Louise ^a   Dey Ghatak, Priya ^a   Davey, Gareth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Cultural background; India; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL VALUES; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 33846218588     PISSN: 14458330     EISSN: 14470349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0349.2006.00440.x     Document Type: Article

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