Mental health clinicians' attitudes about consumer and consumer consultant participation in Australia: A cross-sectional survey design

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 78-84

  Mccann, Terence V ^a   Clark, Eileen ^c   Baird, John ^b   Lu, Sai ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SUNSHINE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Consumer; Gender; Inpatient unit; Involvement; Staff attitudes; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONSULTATION; CONSUMER; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORKING TIME;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 43249085762     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2008.00388.x     Document Type: Article

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