Barriers to meeting the mental health needs of the Chinese community

Journal of Public Health Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 74-80

  Li, Pui Ling ^a,b   Logan, Stuart ^a   Yee, Lydia ^a,c   Ng, Sarah ^a  

^a Public Health Department   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c London Chinese Hlth Resource Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Chinese; General practice; Mental health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; CHINA; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; ENGLAND; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 0033023502     PISSN: 09574832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/21.1.74     Document Type: Article

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