A situation analysis of psychiatrists in South Africa's rural primary healthcare settings

African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  De Kock, Johannes H ^a   Pillay, Basil J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEAD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIST; SOUTH AFRICA; CLINICAL AUDIT; HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHIATRY; PUBLIC SECTOR; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

CLINICAL AUDIT; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRY; PUBLIC SECTOR; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 85025472828     PISSN: 20712928     EISSN: 20712936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/phcfm.v9i1.1335     Document Type: Article

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