The Impact of Clients' Rights Legislation on Hospital Staff.

Ostrander, Susan A.

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Publication Date: 1982

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The Impact of Clients' Rights Legislation on Hospital Staff.

Ostrander, Susan A.

Administration in Mental Health, v9 n4 p257-71 Sum 1982

Assessed the impact of a new clients' rights bill on the functioning of the state mental health system. Reports on specification of those levels of staff role ambiguity and conflict among and between staff and clients that were perceived by staff as caused by the new legislation. (Author)

Descriptors: Ambiguity, Interprofessional Relationship, Mental Health Programs, Organizational Change, Responsibility, Role Conflict, Staff Role, State Legislation, Work Environment

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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