The influence of service users and NGOs on housing for people with psychiatric disability

Health Sociology Review

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 321-334

  Battams, Sam ^a   Johnson, Anne ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advocacy; Community empowerment; Consumer participation in policy; Deinstitutionalisa tion; Housing policy; Mental health policy; Mental health reform; Sociology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951612548     PISSN: 14461242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/hesr.2009.18.3.321     Document Type: Article

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