Implementing smoke-free policies in mental health inpatient units: Learning from unsuccessful experience

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 92-97

  Campion, Jonathan ^a   Lawn, Sharon ^b   Brownlie, Andrew ^a   Hunter, Ernest ^a   Gynther, Bruce ^a   Pols, Rene ^b  

^a Northern Area Health Service   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Inpatient psychiatry; Smoke free policy; Violence

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPREHENSION; COOPERATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; INCIDENT REPORT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; STAFF TRAINING; VIOLENCE;

AGGRESSION; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; RISK MANAGEMENT; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TIME FACTORS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 40949128809     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10398560701851976     Document Type: Article

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