Integrating public and private psychiatric practice: From national agenda to personal experience

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 143-146

  Paton, Michael ^a,b   Tobin, Margaret ^c   Hudson Jessop, Pamela ^d  

^a St George Div Psychiat Mental H

^b St George Private Hospital   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d S E Sydney Area Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; REVIEW;

EID: 0032775192     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1665.1999.00194.x     Document Type: Review

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