The space of access to primary mental health care: A qualitative case study

Health and Place

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 536-551

  Kovandžić, Marija ^a   Funnell, Emma ^a   Hammond, Jonathan ^b   Ahmed, Abdi ^c   Edwards, Suzanne ^a   Clarke, Pam ^a   Hibbert, Derek ^a   Bristow, Katie ^a   Dowrick, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access; Common mental illness; Ethnicity; Primary care; Somali

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC MINORITY; ETHNICITY; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC ACCESS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; COGNITION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOLOGY; SOMALIA; UNITED KINGDOM; WELLBEING;

ENGLAND; LIVERPOOL [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84859265796     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2012.01.011     Document Type: Article

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