Mental health system reform: A multi country comparison

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 547-575

  Shera, Wes ^a,d   Aviram, Uri ^b   Healy, Bill ^c   Ramon, Shula ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparative; Mental health; Multi country; Policy; Practice; Programs; Service system

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; ISRAEL; LAW; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED KINGDOM;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; FINANCING, ORGANIZED; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTH FACILITY CLOSURE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; ISRAEL; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; OWNERSHIP; SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHIATRIC;

EID: 0036380760     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v35n01_11     Document Type: Review

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