'He did what? Well that wasn't handed over!' Communicating risk in mental health

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 345-354

  Millar, R ^a   Sands, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

communication; Evidenced based practice; Mental health; Risk; Risk management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL HANDOVER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NURSE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; NURSES; PATIENT HANDOFF; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84875278308     PISSN: 13510126     EISSN: 13652850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2012.01948.x     Document Type: Article

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