'How do you pay your rent?' Social policies and the President's Mental Health Commission

Health Affairs

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 65-72

  Goldman, Howard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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ADVISORY COMMITTEE; CHILD; CRIMINAL LAW; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOUSING; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MINORITY GROUP; NOTE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; CHILD; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; CRIMINAL LAW; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; HEALTH POLICY; HOUSING; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MINORITY GROUPS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1542575731     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 02782715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.22.5.65     Document Type: Review

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