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An experiment in psychiatric community care in north Staffordshire: the experience of working with relatives of mentally‐ill people
Author(s) -
Platt C
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1990.tb01748.x
Subject(s) - mentally ill , psychiatry , psychology , service (business) , service provider , nursing , medicine , mental health , mental illness , economy , economics
This paper describes the changing nature of the relationship between the consumers and providers of services, following the transition from a hospital to a community‐based service One aspect of this change, the development of a relatives’ group, is considered in more detail Those attitudes and approaches which help or hinder staff working with relatives are discussed