An ethnographic study of three mental health triage programs

International Journal of Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 146-151

  Grigg, Margaret ^a,b   Endacott, Ruth ^b   Herrman, Helen ^c   Harvey, Carol ^d  

^a Centre for Rural Mental Health   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c St Vincent's Mental Health Service   (Australia)

^d North Western Mental Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Evaluation; Mental health nursing; Participant observation; Triage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PUBLIC RELATIONS; TELEPHONE;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; ETHICS, NURSING; HOTLINES; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TRIAGE; VICTORIA;

EID: 85047174902     PISSN: 14458330     EISSN: 14400979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-0979.2004.0326.x     Document Type: Article

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