South African mental health care service user views on priorities for supporting recovery: Implications for policy and service development

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 34, Issue 26, 2012, Pages 2272-2280

  Kleintjes, Sharon ^a   Lund, Crick ^a   Swartz, Leslie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Mental health; Participation; Policy; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOUTH AFRICA; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84867881567     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2012.681005     Document Type: Review

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