Physical health inequities in people with severe mental illness: Identifying initiatives for practice change

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 855-862

  Cunningham, Colleen ^a   Peters, Kathleen ^b   Mannix, Judy ^b  

^a Thomas Embling Hospital   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; COOPERATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; NURSE'S ROLE; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS;

EID: 84889013334     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01612840.2013.832826     Document Type: Article

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