Mental health service delivery in South Africa from 2000 to 2010: One step forward, one step back

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 751-757

  Petersen, Inge ^a   Lund, Crick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ACUTE DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECENTRALIZATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOSOCIAL REHABILITATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOUTH AFRICA; STIGMA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 80053298336     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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