Demographic Changes among Ethnic Minority Elders in England and Wales: Implications for Development and Delivery of Old Age Psychiatry Services

International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 22-32

  Shah, Ajit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture; Ethnicity; Old age psychiatry; Trans cultural psychiatry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992974970     PISSN: 17479894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17479894200700010     Document Type: Review

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