Understanding the Milieu Experiences of Patients on an Acute Inpatient Psychiatric Unit

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 216-226

  Thibeault, Catherine A ^a   Trudeau, Kenneth ^b   d'Entremont, Marguerite ^c   Brown, Teresa ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Dartmouth   (Canada)

^c Dartmouth ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; EXERCISE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; MENTAL DISORDERS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL;

EID: 77954952313     PISSN: 08839417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnu.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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