Nurses and assertive community treatment teams: A critical combination

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 751-752

  Cuddeback, Gary ^a   Shattell, Mona ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MANPOWER; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NOTE; NURSE ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE;

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NURSE'S ROLE; PATIENT CARE TEAM;

EID: 77958083384     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01612840.2010.518338     Document Type: Note

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