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- Title
Research in brief.
- Authors
Bowers L; Winship G
- Abstract
The article investigates the effects of patient's aggressive behavior on nursing staff and their resignations from the psychiatric wards. The relevant data was obtained from official reporting systems of National Health Service Trust, London, U.K. The author discusses psychiatric patients' behavior, reactionary defensive practices by the psychiatric professionals, and subsequent media pressure, culminating into decreased health-care standards.
- Publication
Journal of Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing (Wiley-Blackwell), 2006, Vol 13, Issue 6, p778
- ISSN
1351-0126
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2850.2006.00989.x