Availability of mental health services for older adults: A cross-cultural comparison of the United States and Turkey

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 223-234

  Sivis, Rahsan ^a   McCrae, C S ^b   Demir, A ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNITED STATES;

AGED; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FLORIDA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOSPICES; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NURSING HOMES; RURAL POPULATION; TURKEY;

EID: 20344378243     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860500113896     Document Type: Article

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