Employers' attitudes towards employment of people with mental illnesses in Mzuzu, Malawi

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 428-431

  Herzig, H ^a   Thole, B ^a  

^a St John of God Mental Hlth Service   (Malawi)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALAWI; MENTAL DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; URBAN POPULATION; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALAWI; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0032112875     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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