EDUCATING NURSES FOR PRIMARY PSYCHIATRIC-CARE - A SOUTH-AFRICAN PERSPECTIVE

Authors
UYS LR SUBEDAR H LEWIS W
Citation
Lr. Uys et al., EDUCATING NURSES FOR PRIMARY PSYCHIATRIC-CARE - A SOUTH-AFRICAN PERSPECTIVE, Archives of psychiatric nursing, 9(6), 1995, pp. 348-353
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,Nursing
Journal title
Archives of psychiatric nursing → ACNP
ISSN journal
08839417
Volume
9
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
348 - 353
Database
ISI
SICI code
0883-9417(1995)9:6<348:ENFPP->2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
This article examines the meaning of Primary Health Care, and the impl ications for the provision of psychiatric care at this level, The auth ors describe how one nursing school in a developing country, South Afr ica, prepares nurses to function in a primary health care system, whic h fully includes psychiatric care, The results for the service, the co mmunity and the students are described. Copyright (C) 1995 by W.B. Sau nders Company