Clinical consultations in an Aboriginal community-controlled health service. A comparison with general practice

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 86-91

  Thomas, David P ^a,c   Heller, Richard F ^b   Hunt, Jennifer M ^a  

^a Danila Dilba Biluru Butji B   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSULTATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SKIN INFECTION;

EID: 0031830951     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1998.tb01150.x     Document Type: Article

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