Access to physical health care for people with serious mental illness: A nursing perspective and a human rights perspective-common ground

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 442-450

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

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGAL ASPECT; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSIS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; NURSE'S ROLE; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; VICTORIA; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84879758058     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01612840.2012.754974     Document Type: Article

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