Partnership approach to indigenous primary health care and diabetes: A case study from regional New South Wales

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-70

  Cooper, Joanne ^a,b   Moore, Stephen ^b   Palmer, Lyndall ^b   Reinhardt, Judith ^b   Roberts, Michael ^a   Solomon, Anthony ^a   Passey, Megan ^b  

^a Dharah Gibinj Aboriginal Medical Service   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY; DIABETES EDUCATOR; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIETITIAN; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATOR; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PODIATRIST; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENTIST; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 33846192698     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2007.00853.x     Document Type: Article

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