Psychiatric Contributions to Understanding Racism

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 147-183

  Moore, Laurie jo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

ethnocentrism; psychiatry; racism; socio economic oppression

Indexed keywords

AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POVERTY; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHODYNAMICS; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0034131366     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/136346150003700201     Document Type: Article

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