Relationship between race and ethnicity and forensic clinical triage dispositions

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 873-878

  Pinals, Debra A ^a   Packer, Ira K ^a   Fisher, William ^a   Roy Bujnowski, Kristen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTPATIENT; RACE; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADULT; CRIME; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TRIAGE;

EID: 3543074527     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.55.8.873     Document Type: Review

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