Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 95-103 , April 2009

How Writing Records Reduces Clinical Knowledge: A Field Study of Psychiatric Hospital Wards

  • Niels Buus

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding Author: Niels Buus, RN, MN, PhD, Centre for Psychiatric Research, Aarhus University Hospital, DK-8240 Risskov, Denmark.

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doi: 10.1016/j.apnu.2008.04.001

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 95-103 , April 2009