Mental health care user participation in mental health policy development and implementation in South Africa

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 568-577

  Kleintjes, Sharon ^a   Lund, Crick ^a   Swartz, Leslie ^b   Flisher, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL PLANNING; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 78651483625     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: 13691627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09540261.2010.536153     Document Type: Article

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