Unhealthy Acts: Interpreting narratives of community mental health care in Waikato, New Zealand

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-8

  Joseph, A E ^a   Kearns, R A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Deinstitutionalization; Media; Mental health care; New Zealand; Welfare restructuring

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033481348     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2524.1999.00159.x     Document Type: Article

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