The Deaths of 94 Mental Health-care Users in Gauteng, South Africa

Frontiers in Public Health

Volumn 5, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Govender, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Esidimeni life; Gauteng Department of Health; health ombudsman; Mental Health Review Board; mental health care users

Indexed keywords

EID: 85042191670     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2017.00126     Document Type: Article

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