Expanded practice roles for community mental health nurses: A qualitative exploration of psychiatrists' views

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 324-328

  Elsom, Stephen ^a,b   Happell, Brenda ^a,b   Manias, Elizabeth ^b   Lambert, Tim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community mental health services; Mental health nursing; Professional practice; Psychiatrists

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; NURSING PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; SCOPE OF PRACTICE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHIATRY; VICTORIA;

EID: 34447525022     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10398560701344808     Document Type: Article

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