Mental disorders, health inequalities and ethics: A global perspective

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 235-244

  Ngui, Emmanuel M ^a   Khasakhala, Lincoln ^b   Ndetei, David ^b   Roberts, Laura Weiss ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; BENEFICENCE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; JUSTICE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NON MALFEASANCE; PATIENT RIGHT; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; PSYCHOPATHY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; STIGMA; UNEMPLOYMENT; WELLBEING;

BRAIN; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREJUDICE; PSYCHIATRY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STEREOTYPING; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953346435     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: 13691627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09540261.2010.485273     Document Type: Review

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