Health care service provision for country people with developmental disability: An Australian perspective

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 265-284

  Iacono, Teresa ^a   Humphreys, John ^a   Davis, Robert ^a   Chandler, Neale ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Central Goldfields Shire   (Australia)

Author keywords

carers; developmental disability; general practitioners; health care; rural

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROBLEM SOLVING; REVIEW; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUPPORT GROUP; TRAINING;

EID: 2342553425     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2003.09.001     Document Type: Article

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