Culturally sensitive mental health services through quality improvement

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 15-20

  Tobin, Margaret ^a,b   Chen, Luxin ^c   Edwards, Julie L ^c   Chan, Stella ^c  

^a Area Mental Health   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c South Eastern Sydney Area Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Ethnic groups; Mental health; Organizational change; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0034564256     PISSN: 09526862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09526860010311044     Document Type: Article

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