Why is Better Mental Health Care So Elusive?

Perspectives in Psychiatric Care

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 279-285

  Horsfall, Jan ^a   Cleary, Michelle ^b   Hunt, Glenn E ^c  

^a Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Culture; Health care; Mental health organization; Quality improvement; System; Team

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSE ATTITUDE; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NURSE'S ROLE; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT;

EID: 77957234537     PISSN: 00315990     EISSN: 17446163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6163.2010.00264.x     Document Type: Article

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