Ethnography's role in assisting mental health research and clinical practice

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 859-879

  Quimby, Ernest ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical practices; Ethnography; Mental health research; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ETHNOGRAPHY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENTAL HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 33746101101     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20277     Document Type: Article

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