Chronic or long-term psychiatric patients: potential subjects for longitudinal research.
The frequently admitted "revolving door" chronic psychiatric patient presents significant ethical, scientific, and practical challenges to mental health nurses. This article highlights ethical issues relevant to their participation in longitudinal research and describes methods implemented to successfully follow a cohort of such patients over a 2-year period.
Dilonardo
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Kendrick
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Vivaldi
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D002908:Chronic Disease; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000451:nursing*; D028642:Persons with Psychiatric Disorders; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000379:methods*; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing; D035842:Research Subjects