A Qualitative Study Examining the Perceived Barriers and Facilitators to Medical Healthcare Services among Women with a Serious Mental Illness

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Borba, Christina P C ^a,b   DePadilla, Lara ^a   McCarty, Frances A ^c   Von Esenwein, Silke A ^a   Druss, Benjamin G ^a   Sterk, Claire E ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRUST; URBAN AREA; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRUST; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84857686558     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: 18784321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2011.10.001     Document Type: Article

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