Decentralization matters - Differently organized mental health services relationship to staff competence and treatment practice: The VELO study

International Journal of Mental Health Systems

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Bjorbekkmo, Svein ^a   Myklebust, Lars H ^b   Olstad, Reidun ^b,c   Molvik, Stian ^d   Nymann, Asle ^e   Sørgaard, Knut ^c,d  

^a Nordland Hospital Trust Vesteraalen   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d NORDLAND HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e Nordland Hospital Trust Lofoten   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; DECENTRALIZATION; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; NORWAY; ORIENTATION; PHILOSOPHY; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORK EXPERIENCE;

EID: 77953381904     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-4458-3-9     Document Type: Article

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