A changed climate for mental health care delivery in South Africa

African Journal of Psychiatry (South Africa)

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 157-165

  Janse van Rensburg, A B R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Changed environment; Collaboration; Mental health care; Traditional health practice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFLICT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOUTH AFRICA; STIGMA; TREND STUDY;

EID: 70149094530     PISSN: 19948220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ajpsy.v12i2.43734     Document Type: Article

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