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Chapter 10 - Ethnic Inequalities and Cultural-Capability Framework in Mental Healthcare

from Section 1 - Theoretical Background

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 March 2018

Dinesh Bhugra
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, London
Kamaldeep Bhui
Affiliation:
Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry
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