The promotion of mental health through cultural values, institutions, and practices: A reflection on some aspects of Botswana culture

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 777-787

  Sabone, Motshedisi B ^a  

^a NONE   (Botswana)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; RELIGION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIALIZATION; SYMBOLISM; URBANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BOTSWANA; CEREMONIAL BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIALIZATION; URBANIZATION;

EID: 70450200047     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01612840903263579     Document Type: Article

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