A consumer group: Reflections on experience of involving users and carers in the work of the faculty of old age psychiatry

Quality in Ageing

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 45-49

  Ong, Yong Lock ^a   Benbow, Susan ^b   Black, Sarah ^c,e   Garner, Jane ^d  

^a NORTH EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c DEVON PARTNERSHIP NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d BARNET ENFIELD AND HARINGEY MENTAL HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e Department of Psychiatry

Author keywords

Carers; Collaboration; Older adults; Older people's mental health; Partnerships; Service users

Indexed keywords

EID: 84555166251     PISSN: 14717794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14717794200700012     Document Type: Article

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