Morale is high in acute inpatient psychiatry

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-46

  Bowers, Len ^a   Allan, Teresa ^a   Simpson, Alan ^a   Jones, Julia ^a   Whittington, Richard ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Demography; In patient; Morale; Social deprivation; Verbal aggression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF-ASSESSMENT;

EID: 59349097697     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-008-0396-z     Document Type: Article

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