Patient Records in the Mental Health Disciplines.

Reynolds, John Frederick; Mair, David

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Publication Date: 1989

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Patient Records in the Mental Health Disciplines.

Reynolds, John Frederick; Mair, David

Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, v19 n3 p245-54 1989

Examines reports written in mental health hospitals and community mental health centers. Analyzes a total of 150 randomly selected samples of 5 basic mental health records, and evaluates the rhetorical contexts for each with regard to author, purpose, audience and use. (KEH)

Descriptors: Communication Research, Discourse Analysis, Institutional Characteristics, Mental Health Clinics, Psychiatric Hospitals, Recordkeeping, Technical Writing

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Language: English

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