The pathways to primary mental health care in high density suburbs in Harare, Zimbabwe

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 97-103

  Patel, V ^a   Simunyu, E ^b   Gwanzura, F ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIV OF ZIMBABWE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NURSE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; ZIMBABWE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SUBURBAN HEALTH SERVICES; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0031017535     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00788927     Document Type: Article

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