Arab Culture and Mental Health Care

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 671-682

  Fakhr el Islam, M ^a  

^a Behman Hospital   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Arab Culture; group identity; mental health care; traditional family

Indexed keywords

ARAB; CAREGIVER; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EGYPT; FAMILY; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PARENTAL DEPRIVATION; PSYCHIATRIST; QATAR; REVIEW;

ARABS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; EGYPT; FAMILY; HUMANS; ISLAM; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MENTAL DISORDERS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 58049087971     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363461508100788     Document Type: Article

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