Realities of mental health nursing practice in rural Australia

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 512-518

  John Crowther, Andrew ^a   Theresa Ragusa, Angela ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DECISION MAKING; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MANPOWER; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSING EDUCATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; EDUCATION, NURSING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NEW SOUTH WALES; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 79960657814     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01612840.2011.569633     Document Type: Article

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