Public interest and private concern: The role of family carers for people suffering mental illness in the twenty first century

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 163-166

  Parker, Robert ^a   Leggatt, Margaret ^b   Crowe, Jim ^c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Mental Health/Family Work   (Australia)

^c Community Mental Health/Family Work ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Confidentiality; Information sharing; Mental health family carers; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FAMILY THERAPY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LAW; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PROFESSIONAL SECRECY; SHORT SURVEY;

CAREGIVERS; CONFIDENTIALITY; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 77949906350     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10398560903289967     Document Type: Short Survey

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