'We shed tears, but there is no one there to wipe them up for us': Narratives of (mis)trust in a materially deprived community

Health

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 283-301

  Ward, Paul ^a   Coates, Anna ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dependence; Inter personal trust; Materially deprived communities; Social inclusion exclusion; Systems based trust

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL CLASS; TRUST; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; POVERTY AREAS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL CLASS; STATE MEDICINE; TRUST;

EID: 33748680110     PISSN: 13634593     EISSN: 14617196     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363459306064481     Document Type: Article

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