A cross-cultural comparison of British and Pakistani medical students' understanding of schizophrenia

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 308-319

  Furnham, Adrian ^a   Raja, Nazia ^a   Khan, Umar Ali ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Islamic International Medical College   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cause; Cross cultural; Cure; Pakistani; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL STUDENT; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAITH HEALING; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SUPERSTITIONS;

EID: 43449110086     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2007.08.019     Document Type: Article

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