Survey of staff attitudes to the smoking ban in a medium secure unit

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 378-380

  Garg, Shruti ^a   Shenoy, Suraj ^b   Badee, May ^c   Varghese, Joe ^b   Quinn, Patrick ^b   Kent, John ^b  

^a EAST LANCASHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH WEST YORKSHIRE PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c SEACROFT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forensic; Medium secure; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL HOSPITAL; NURSE ATTITUDE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHIATRIST; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SLEEP TIME; SMOKING CESSATION; WORKING TIME;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; SOCIAL CONTROL POLICIES; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 69549103082     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2009.04.009     Document Type: Article

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