Attitudes of medical students towards persons with mental disorders: A comparative study between Japan and Thailand

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 171-180

  Yamamoto, Kazuyoshi ^a   Randall, Maxine ^a   Takeda, Masatoshi ^b   Leelamanit, Wichit ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

attitudes; cross national; disability; health personnel; medical students; mental disorders

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; JAPAN; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL DISEASE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; THAILAND;

EID: 0029820180     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1996.tb02738.x     Document Type: Article

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