Anaesthesia for Aboriginal Australians

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 86-91

  Howe, Pete W ^a,d   Condon, J R ^a,b   Goodchild, C S ^a,c  

^a ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Territory Health Services   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Monash University ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia: risk; Complications: Aborigines, communication, rheumatic heart disease, renal failure, diabetes melitus

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEAR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0031911317     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x9802600113     Document Type: Article

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