Black South African psychiatric recipients: Have they been overlooked under the recent democratization?

Social Work in Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 76-88

  Jones, Lani V ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Black South Africans; Psychiatric disabilities; Psychosocial competence; Treatment

Indexed keywords

BLACK POPULATION; DEMOCRATIZATION; DISABILITY; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; MENTAL HEALTH; PUBLIC ACCESS;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DEMOCRACY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENTS; PREJUDICE; SOUTH AFRICA;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 61649114200     PISSN: 19371918     EISSN: 1937190X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19371910802569567     Document Type: Review

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