Understanding the carers' experience: Examples from a Ghanaian context

International Social Work

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-72

  Quinn, Neil ^a   Evans, Tony ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carers; Erving Goffman; Ghana; Mental illness

Indexed keywords

EID: 73649129603     PISSN: 00208728     EISSN: 14617234     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020872809348953     Document Type: Article

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