Relating nursing workload to quality of care in child and adolescent mental health inpatient services

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 429-440

  Ridley, Colin ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Mental health services; National Health Service; Nursing; Patient care; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547208655     PISSN: 09526862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09526860710763343     Document Type: Article

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