Stigma and marginalisation: Structural violence and the impact on mental health

Social Work

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 58-67

  Sturgeon, Shona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOW INCOME POPULATION; MARGINALIZATION; MENTAL HEALTH; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 84859795584     PISSN: 00378054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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