Stigma in mental illness: Attitudes of medical students towards mental illness

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 433-444

  Mas, Ayu Said ^a,b   Hatim, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Attitude; Mental illness; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HAZARD; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 0037979263     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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