Mental health, culture and spirituality: Implications for the effective psychotherapeutic care of australia’s ageing migrant population

Journal of Religious Gerontology

Volumn 13, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 17-37

  Kanitsaki, Olga ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged; Culture; Mental health; Migrant; Spirituality and care

Indexed keywords

EID: 30944462910     PISSN: 10502289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J078v13n03_02     Document Type: Article

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