How culture and poverty exclude people from care

American Journal of Forensic Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 61-73

  Ruiz, Pedro ^a,b   Alarcon, Renato D ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b University of Texas Mental Sciences Institute   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0343156798     PISSN: 01631942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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