'Diagnostic overshadowing': Worse physical health care for people with mental illness

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 169-171

  Jones, Simon ^a   Howard, Louise ^a   Thornicroft, Graham ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC OVERSHADOWING; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MINORITY GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MINORITY GROUPS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 48749100497     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2008.01211.x     Document Type: Editorial

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