Frontier ethics: Mental health care needs and ethical dilemmas in rural communities

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 497-503

  Roberts, Laura Weiss ^a   Battaglia, John ^b   Epstein, Richard S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Alaska Div Hlth and Social Serv ^*  (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONFLICT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL AREA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032891768     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.50.4.497     Document Type: Article

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