Talking about TB: Multicultural diversity and tuberculosis services in Waikato, New Zealand

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 1216, 2005, Pages

  van der Oest, Clif ^a,b   Chenhall, Richard ^a,c   Hood, Dell ^d   Kelly, Paul M ^a,c  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b Department of Health and Community Services ^*  (Australia)

^c CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d WAIKATO DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSULTATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MINORITY GROUP; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC OPINION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFUGEE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; ABORIGINE; CAMBODIA; CHINA; CONFIDENTIALITY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOUSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHILIPPINES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOMALIA; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAMBODIA; CHINA; COMMUNICATION; CONFIDENTIALITY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOUSING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHILIPPINES; PREJUDICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOMALIA; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS SOCIETIES;

EID: 27244453389     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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