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Task shifting – Ghana's community mental health workers’ experiences and perceptions of their roles and scope of practice
BACKGROUND: Because of the absence of adequate numbers of psychiatrists, the bulk of mental health care at the community level in Ghana is provided by community mental health workers (CMHWs). OBJECTIVE: To examine the role and scope of practice of CMHWs in Ghana from their own perspectives and to ma...
Autores principales: | Agyapong, Vincent I. O., Osei, Akwasi, Farren, Conor K., McAuliffe, Eilish |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Co-Action Publishing
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4600710/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26455492 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/gha.v8.28955 |
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