Barriers to the provision of home and community care services to culturally and linguistically diverse populations in rural Australia

Australian Journal of Primary Health

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 147-155

  Ward, Bernadette ^a   Ellis, Julie ^a,b   Anderson, Karen ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Faculty of Health Sciences   (Australia)

Author keywords

Barriers; CALD; HACC; Rural

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PUBLICATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL AREA;

EID: 25144474128     PISSN: 14487527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PY05033     Document Type: Article

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