"they should come out here...": Research findings on lack of local palliative care services for Australian aboriginal people

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 105-113

  McGrath, Pam ^a,b   Holewa, Hamish ^a   Kail Buckley, Stasia ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b IPP SHR   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Cultural safety; Local service provision; Palliative care; Relocation

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 34248547856     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049909106297069     Document Type: Article

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