Health system governance to support integrated mental health care in South Africa: Challenges and opportunities

International Journal of Mental Health Systems

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Marais, Debra Leigh ^a   Petersen, Inge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Barriers facilitative factors; Governance; Integrated care; Mental health system; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTELLIGENCE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESPONSIBILITY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84925340228     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17524458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13033-015-0004-z     Document Type: Article

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