A study of reasons of non-compliance of psychiatric treatment and patients' attitudes towards illness and treatment in qatar

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 273-280

  Bener, Abdulbari ^a,d   Dafeeah, Elnour E ^b   Salem, Mohamad O ^c  

^a HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

^b HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

^c Qatar   (Qatar)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QATAR; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARABS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QATAR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876035027     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01612840.2012.745039     Document Type: Article

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