Access to Diabetes Services: The Experiences of Bangladeshi People in Bradford, UK

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 171-188

  Rhodes, Penny ^a,b   Nocon, Andrew ^c   Wright, John ^a  

^a BRADFORD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Bangladeshi; Diabetes; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; DIABETES; ETHNIC MINORITY; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICES;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BANGLADESH; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILINGUALISM; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0242287039     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1355785032000136407     Document Type: Article

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