Medicalization of global health 2: The medicalization of global mental health

Global Health Action

Volumn 7, Issue SUPP.1, 2014, Pages

  Clark, Jocalyn ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Global health; Medicalization; Mental health; Sociology

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH; HUMAN; MEDICALIZATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; RARE DISEASES;

CULTURE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; MEDICALIZATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PRECISION MEDICINE; RARE DISEASES;

EID: 84904390011     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v7.24000     Document Type: Article

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