Mental health in primary care: Ways of working - The impact of culture

Primary Care Mental Health

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-53

  Ivbijaro, Gabriel O ^a,b,e   Kolkiewicz, Lucja A ^c   Palazidou, Eleni ^d  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Medical Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d St Clement's Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consultation; Cross cultural; Tetra axial formulation

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REVIEW; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 24144498010     PISSN: 14764717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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