Description, Development, and Philosophies of Mental Health Service Delivery for Female Veterans in the VA: A Qualitative Study

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages S138-S144

  MacGregor, Casey ^a   Hamilton, Alison B ^a,b   Oishi, Sabine ^a   Yano, Elizabeth M ^a,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTPATIENT; PHILOSOPHY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; VETERANS HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; INTERVIEW; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 80155188580     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: 18784321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2011.04.006     Document Type: Article

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