Labelling of mental illness in a paediatric emergency department and its implications for stigma reduction education

Perspectives on Medical Education

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 165-172

  Sukhera, Javeed ^a   Miller, Kristina ^a   Milne, Alexandra ^b   Scerbo, Christina ^b   Lim, Rodrick ^a   Cooper, Alicia ^b   Watling, Chris ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Education; Equity; Labelling; Stigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 85057753423     PISSN: 22122761     EISSN: 2212277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40037-017-0333-5     Document Type: Article

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