The importance of cultural factors in the planning of rehabilitation services in a remote area of Papua New Guinea

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 166-175

  Byford, Julia ^a   Veenstra, Nina ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Modilon General Hospital   (Papua New Guinea)

^c NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISABILITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REHABILITATION CENTER; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CULTURE; DISABLED PERSONS; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; WITCHCRAFT;

EID: 1242273587     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0963828032000159167     Document Type: Article

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