Is the English National Health Service meeting the needs of mentally distressed Chinese women?

Journal of Health Services Research and Policy

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 216-221

  Green, G ^a   Bradby, H ^b   Chan, A ^c   Lee, M ^a   Eldridge, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; HEALTH SERVICES; MENTAL HEALTH; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CHINA; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DEPRESSION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LONDON; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREJUDICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATE MEDICINE; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036787655     PISSN: 13558196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/135581902320432741     Document Type: Article

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