Ethnographic research into nursing in acute adult mental health units: A review

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 424-435

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Sydney Local Health Network   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING CARE; NURSING RESEARCH; REVIEW;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING CARE; NURSING RESEARCH;

EID: 79960221797     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01612840.2011.563339     Document Type: Review

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