Quality of psychiatric care in the general hospital: Referrer perceptions of an inpatient liaison psychiatry service

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 260-266

  Solomons, Luke C ^a   Thachil, Ajoy ^b   Burgess, Caroline ^b   Hopper, Adrian ^c   Glen Day, Vicky ^a   Ranjith, Gopinath ^a   Hodgkiss, Andrew ^a  

^a SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

General hospitals; Liaison psychiatry; Mental health; Outcome measures; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STAFF NURSE;

GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MENTAL DISORDERS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 79956147723     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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