Applied Nursing Research
Volume 19, Issue 4 , Pages 191-196 , November 2006

Self-care symptom management strategies for auditory hallucinations among patients with schizophrenia in Taiwan

  • Yun-Fang Tsai, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, Chang Gung University, Kwei-Shan, Tao-Yuan 333, ROC Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +886 3 2118800x5958; fax: +886 3 2118868.
    • ,
  • Ching-Yen Chen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Kwei-Shan, Tao-Yuan 333, ROC Taiwan

Received 1 March 2005 ,Accepted 31 July 2005.

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PII: S0897-1897(06)00083-8

doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2005.07.008

Applied Nursing Research
Volume 19, Issue 4 , Pages 191-196 , November 2006

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