'Family in the waiting room': A Swedish study of nurses' conceptions of family participation in acute psychiatric inpatient settings

International Journal of Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 185-194

  Blomqvist, Marjut ^a   Ziegert, Kristina ^b  

^a Central County Hospital   (Sweden)

^b HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acute psychiatric inpatient setting; Family participation; Phenomenographical approach

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN;

EID: 79954623307     PISSN: 14458330     EISSN: 14470349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0349.2010.00714.x     Document Type: Article

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