Breaking away from the medical model: Perceptions of health and health care in suburban Sydney youth

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 183, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 418-421

  Kefford, Carolyn H ^a,d   Trevena, Lyndal J ^b   Willcock, Simon M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d HORNSBY KU RING GAI HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BOREDOM; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GEOGRAPHY; GOVERNMENT; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JUVENILE; LEADERSHIP; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECREATION; SOCIAL WORKER;

EID: 27644521966     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb07107.x     Document Type: Article

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