The experience of black consumers in the mental health system - Identifying barriers to and facilitators of mental health treatment using the consumers' perspective

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1323-1340

  Ayalon, Liat ^a   Alvidrez, Jennifer ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFIDENTIALITY; DENIAL; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFIDENTIALITY; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PREJUDICE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAN FRANCISCO; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STEREOTYPING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 36749027713     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01612840701651454     Document Type: Article

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