Policy barriers to the employment of people experiencing psychiatric disabilities

Social Work in Mental Health

Volumn 7, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 271-282

  Shankar, Janki ^a,b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Employment policy; Mutual obligation; Privatization; Psychiatric disability; Recovery

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449142556     PISSN: 15332985     EISSN: 15332993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15332980802072603     Document Type: Conference Paper

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