Challenging healthcare discrimination: Commentary on... discrimination against people with mental illness

Advances in Psychiatric Treatment

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 60-62

  Byrne, Peter ^a,b  

^a NEWHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF PSYCHIATRISTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; NOTE; PSYCHIATRIST; STIGMA;

EID: 77949495462     PISSN: 13555146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/apt.bp.108.006106     Document Type: Note

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