Preferred terms for users of mental health services among service providers and recipients

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 203-209

  Sharma, Verinder ^a,b   Whitney, Diane ^c   Kazarian, Shahé S ^a,b   Manchanda, Rahul ^b,d  

^a London Psychiatric Hospital   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^d Hlth Sci Centre Victoria Campus ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NOMENCLATURE; PATIENT; RECIPIENT;

EID: 0033976354     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.51.2.203     Document Type: Article

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