Mental health nurses in South Africa's public rural primary care settings: A human resource crisis

Rural and Remote Health

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  De Kock, J H ^a   Pillay, B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Mental health nurses; PHC; Primary healthcare; Psychiatric nurses; South Africa; Task sharing; Task shifting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BLACK PERSON; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84999271493     PISSN: 14456354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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