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Communication elements supporting patient safety in psychiatric inpatient care.

Kanerva A, Kivinen T, Lammintakanen J. J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs. 2015 Feb 16; [Epub ahead of print].

In this study, researchers interviewed psychiatric nurses to explore how they conceptualize communication that contributes to patient safety in the inpatient psychiatric setting. A similar approach was used in anearlier study to identify how patients on such units viewed safety issues.

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