Barriers to treating depression in the family physician's office

Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-46

  Miedema, Baukje ^a   Tatemichi, Sue ^a   Thomas Maclean, Roanne ^a   Stoppard, Janet ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST OF ILLNESS; DEPRESSION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; PATIENT COUNSELING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REIMBURSEMENT; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 18744379139     PISSN: 07133936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7870/cjcmh-2004-0003     Document Type: Article

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