Responsible governance for mental health research in low resource countries

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Yasamy, M Taghi ^a   Maulik, Pallab K ^b   Tomlinson, Mark ^c   Lund, Crick ^d   van Ommeren, Mark ^a   Saxena, Shekhar ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; DRUG RESEARCH; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH PROGRAM; MEDICAL EXPERT; MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; RESEARCH PRIORITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNIVERSITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MANPOWER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; STANDARD;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 82455175777     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001126     Document Type: Article

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