Contracting opportunities: Interpreting post-asylum geographies of mental health care in Auckland, New Zealand

Health and Place

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 159-169

  Kearns, Robin A ^a   Joseph, Alun E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community care; Deinstitutionalisation; Health care restructuring; Mentally ill; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MENTAL HEALTH; URBAN SOCIETY;

COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; CONTRACT; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL DESIGN; HUMAN; LAW; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; NEW ZEALAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; REVIEW; SOCIAL WELFARE;

AUCKLAND; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 0034285118     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1353-8292(00)00020-4     Document Type: Article

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