'A politics of what': The enactment of peritoneal dialysis in indigenous Australians

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 82-99

  McCarthy, Alexandra ^a   Martin McDonald, Kristine ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Actor network theory; Peritoneal dialysis; Rural Indigenous Australians

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; METHODOLOGY; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; POLITICS; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AUSTRALIA; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; POLITICS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 33846937109     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2007.00520.x     Document Type: Article

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