Difficulties experienced by carers from non-English-speaking backgrounds in using health and other support services

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-32

  Plunkett, Angela ^a   Quine, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE;

EID: 0029893026     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1996.tb01332.x     Document Type: Article

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