Attitudes of healthcare professionals towards psychiatric patients in a general hospital in Hong Kong

Hong Kong Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-9

  Chow, L Y ^a   Kam, W K ^b   Leung, C M ^a  

^a SHATIN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b TAI PO HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Attitude of health personnel; Mental disorders; Mentally ill persons; Stereotyping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIGNETTE;

EID: 35348932727     PISSN: 10262121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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