the london survey of psychiatric intensive care units: Psychiatric intensive care; patient characteristics and pathways for admission and discharge

Journal of Psychiatric Intensive Care

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-24

  Pereira, Stephen M ^a   Sarsam, May ^a   Bhui, Kamaldeep ^b   Paton, Carol ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c OXLEAS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

care pathways; patient characteristics; picus

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011436922     PISSN: 17426464     EISSN: 17422206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s174264640500004x     Document Type: Article

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