Improving the health of Indigenous Australians: Reforms in nursing education. An opinion piece of international interest

International Nursing Review

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 171-177

  Turale, S ^a   Miller, M ^b  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Cultural Safety; Health; History; Indigenous Nursing; Recruitment; Retention

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FORECASTING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; SOCIAL JUSTICE; STATISTICS; TRANSCULTURAL CARE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CAREER CHOICE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EMPLOYMENT; FACULTY, NURSING; FORECASTING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PERSONNEL SELECTION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; TRANSCULTURAL NURSING;

EID: 33746553716     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: 14667657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2006.00476.x     Document Type: Review

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