Collaboration in caring for psychiatric inpatients: Family physicians team up with psychiatrists and psychiatric nurses

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Behroozi, Dara ^a,b   Mazowita, Garey ^b,c   Davis, Michael D ^d,e  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Providence Health Care ^*

^d VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^e VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSULTATION; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHIATRIST; REVIEW;

CANADA; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NURSES; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHIATRY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 38849085703     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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