A systemic and value-based approach to strategic reform of the mental health system

Health Care Analysis

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-77

  Mccubbin, Michael ^a,b   Cohen, David ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epistemology; Ethics; General System Theory; Mental health; Policy; Politics

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH; POLICY; POLITICS; REVIEW; THEORY;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES;

CANADA; ETHICS, INSTITUTIONAL; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH POLICY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NORWAY; POLITICS; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 0033054332     PISSN: 10653058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009443902415     Document Type: Review

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