Stigma: Barrier to mental health care among ethnic minorities

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 979-999

  Gary, Faye A ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMERICAN INDIAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MINORITY GROUP; NURSING RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MINORITY GROUPS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSING RESEARCH; PREJUDICE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 31544444463     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01612840500280638     Document Type: Review

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