Better care for people with intellectual disability and mental illness

Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 8-9

  Hughes, Frances ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMORBIDITY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING;

COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL RETARDATION; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 64949084287     PISSN: 02793695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/02793695-20090201-04     Document Type: Editorial

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