'I don't want to be in that big city; this is my country here': Research findings on Aboriginal peoples' preference to die at home

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 264-268

  Mcgrath, Pam ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Death and dying; Indigenous; Palliative care; Qualitative; Rural and remote

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVER; COMMUNITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEATH; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOME; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INTERVIEW; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH CARE; TERMINAL CARE;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SPIRITUALITY; TRAVEL;

EID: 34447315774     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2007.00904.x     Document Type: Article

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