Mexican American clients' perceptions of services in an outpatient mental health facility in a border city

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 125-137

  Lantican, Leticia S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0032018888     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/016128498249123     Document Type: Article

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