Providers' perceptions of how rural consumers access and use mental health services

Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 35-43

  Ryan Nicholls, Kimberley D ^a,b   Racher, Frances E ^b   Robinson, J Renée ^a,c  

^a BRANDON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COOPERATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STANDARD; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MANITOBA; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 85050895603     PISSN: 02793695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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