Ordinary risks and accepted fictions: how contrasting and competing priorities work in risk assessment and mental health care planning

Health Expectations

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 471-483

  Coffey, Michael ^a   Cohen, Rachel ^a   Faulkner, Alison ^b   Hannigan, Ben ^c   Simpson, Alan ^d   Barlow, Sally ^d  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b London   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

care coordination; care planning; COCAPP; mental health; recovery; risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84978476946     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: 13697625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hex.12474     Document Type: Article

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