Factors affecting staff morale on inpatient mental health wards in England: A qualitative investigation

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Totman, Jonathan ^a   Hundt, Gillian L ^b   Wearn, Elizabeth ^a   Paul, Moli ^c   Johnson, Sonia ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d CAMDEN AND ISLINGTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MORALITY; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; TEAMWORK; TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM; VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALE; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

EID: 79954576041     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-11-68     Document Type: Article

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