Globalising mental health: A neo-liberal project

Ethnicity and Inequalities in Health and Social Care

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 155-160

  Timimi, Sami ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classification; Globalization; Health services; Mental health; Mental illness; Neo liberalism; Outcomes; Psychiatry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863838240     PISSN: 17570980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17570981111249293     Document Type: Review

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