The ethical imperative to scale up health care services for people with severe mental disorders in low and middle income countries

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 1008, 2009, Pages 509-513

  Patel, V ^a,b   Bloch, S ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Melbourne ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FRUSTRATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LAW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; RECUMBENCY; REVIEW;

EID: 70349680784     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2009.081596     Document Type: Review

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