Experiences of mental health in-patient care : narratives from service users, carers and professionals
Experiences of mental health in patient care
Edited by Mark Hardcastle ... [et al.]
- London : Routledge, c2007.
- xxviii, 218 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [208]-213) and index.
Provides insights into the experience of psychiatric in-patient care from a professional and a user perspective. This book argues that for change to occur there needs first of all to be a genuine appreciation of the experiences of those involved in the unpredictable, anxiety-arousing and sometimes threatening environment of the psychiatric ward.