Bridging the treatment gap for indigenous Australians

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 182, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 505-506

  Cunningham, Joan ^a   Cass, Alan ^b   Arnold, Peter C ^c  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDITORIAL; ETHNOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NATIVE SPECIES; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RACE DIFFERENCE;

EID: 19744373661     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb00014.x     Document Type: Editorial

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