Perceptions of barriers to physical health care for people with serious mental illness: A review of the international literature

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 752-761

  Happell, Brenda ^a   Scott, David ^a   Platania Phung, Chris ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84869160187     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01612840.2012.708099     Document Type: Review

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