Teaching psychiatry in poor countries: Priorities and needs. A description of how mental health is taught to medical students in Malawi, Central Africa

Education for Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 32-39

  Herzig, Hugh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Africa; Developing world; Malawi; Primary care; Psychiatry; Teaching

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AFRICA; CURRICULUM; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; MALAWI; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TEACHING; TRAINING;

CURRICULUM; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; MALAWI; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL;

EID: 0037358290     PISSN: 13576283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1357628031000066787     Document Type: Article

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