Rural physical health care services for people with serious mental illness: A nursing perspective

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 248-253

  Happell, Brenda ^a   Scott, David ^a   Platania Phung, Chris ^a   Nankivell, Janette ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Collaborative care; Health services access; Nursing; Rural mental health; Rural physical health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; COMORBIDITY; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NURSING STAFF; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUEENSLAND; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 84866747669     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2012.01303.x     Document Type: Article

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