title: Quality assurance in liaison psychiatry. European Consultation-Liaison Workgroup.
abstract: As far as we know, there is no experience of quality management in mental health care in Portugal. This study fills a gap in the area of consultation-liaison psychiatry. Due to its multidisciplinarity and to the complexity of the problems it deals with, consultation-liaison psychiatry seems a privileged field for the development of this kind of programme. The authors describe the different steps necessary for the implementation of a quality management study in one of the national centres and report some preliminary results that show the success it has attained.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Psiquiatria, Hospital Fernando Fonseca, Amadora/Sintra.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cardoso
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Correia
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Luís
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D005060:Europe; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D011174:Portugal; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*
vernacular_title: Garantia de qualidade em psiquiatria de ligação. European Consultation-Liaison Workgroup.