Prayer camps and biomedical care in Ghana: Is collaboration in mental health care possible?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Arias, Daniel ^a   Taylor, Lauren ^b   Ofori Atta, Angela ^c   Bradley, Elizabeth H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; CHRISTIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; GHANA; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MEDICAL CARE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PATIENT SAFETY; PRAYER CAMP; PROPHET; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; RELIGION; RELIGIOUS PERSONNEL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SPIRITUAL CARE; SPIRITUAL HEALING; TREATMENT DURATION; CHRISTIANITY; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

CHRISTIANITY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84990927922     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0162305     Document Type: Article

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