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Kaiser Permanente MH clinicians seek improved, timely care and more staff
Author(s) -
Canady Valerie A.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
mental health weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7583
pISSN - 1058-1103
DOI - 10.1002/mhw.31702
Subject(s) - medicine , mental health , mental health care , nursing , family medicine , psychiatry
Observing a need to hire more clinicians to provide timely, appropriate care to patients with mental illness, many of whom have to wait four, six and even eight weeks for return visits, is the thrust behind a five‐day strike by Kaiser Permanente mental health clinicians across California. The strike, which commenced Dec. 10, entered its fourth day as MHW went to press.