Conceptions of health and illness held by Australian Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, and Papua New Guinea health science students

Australian Journal of Primary Health

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 9-16

  Boulton Lewis, Gillian ^a   Pillay, Hitendra ^a   Wilss, Lynn ^a   Lewis, David ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders; Health; Traditional Beliefs; Western Beliefs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SCIENCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PHILOSOPHY; STUDENT;

EID: 0036367621     PISSN: 13242296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/py02020     Document Type: Article

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