Peer Support Providers’ Role Experiences on Interprofessional Mental Health Care Teams: A Qualitative Study

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 767-774

  Asad, Sarah ^a   Chreim, Samia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boundaries with clients; Inter professional teams; Peer support; Role

Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MODEL; PEER GROUP; PHYSICIAN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PEER GROUP; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84948980600     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: 15732789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-015-9970-5     Document Type: Article

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