Health professional partnerships and their impact on Aboriginal health: An occupational therapist's and Aboriginal health worker's perspective

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 46-51

  Hooper, Kerry ^a   Thomas, Yvonne ^b   Clarke, Michelle ^b  

^a Shoalhaven District Memorial Hospital   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal health worker; Occupational therapy; Partnership; Rural and remote practice

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPREHENSION; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TELEPHONE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 33846189677     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2007.00849.x     Document Type: Article

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