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Mental Health Systems Compared [electronic resource] : Great Britain, Norway, Canada, and the United States
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EBSCOhost eBook Community College Collection- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Olson, Paul.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mental health services--Great Britain.
- Mental health services--Norway.
- Mental health services--Canada.
- Mental health services--United States.
- Mental Health Services--organization & administration.
- Public Health Administration.
- Delivery of Health Care.
- Quality of Health Care.
- Health Policy.
- United Kingdom.
- Norway.
- Canada.
- United States.
- Medical Subjects:
- Mental Health Services--organization & administration.
- Public Health Administration.
- Delivery of Health Care.
- Quality of Health Care.
- Health Policy.
- United Kingdom.
- Norway.
- Canada.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (398 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Springfield : Charles C Thomas, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The primary objective of this book is to provide comprehensive descriptions and make comparative evaluations of each of the mental health systems of four Western, industrialized countries. The countries selected illustrate a continuum from a highly centralized and publicly financed, national health service in Great Britain to a predominantly decentralized and more privately financed market of mental health services in the United States. In between these two contrasting types are examples of national health services and insurance programs in Norway and Canada. Contributing experts from each cou
- Contents:
- MENTAL HEALTHSYSTEMS COMPARED; CONTENTS; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 MENTAL HEALTH DELIVERY SYSTEMSIN GREAT BRITAIN; Chapter 3 MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN NORWAY; Chapter 4 HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH IN CANADA; Chapter 5 MENTAL HEALTH CARE IN THE UNITED STATES; Chapter 6 CONVERGENCE AND DIVERGENCEIN MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEMS; Chapter 7 MEETING THE NEEDS, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 0-398-08470-X
- OCLC:
- 646532711
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