An Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander oral health curriculum framework: Development experiences in Western Australia

Australian Dental Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 86-92

  Bazen, J ^a   Paul, D ^a   Tennant, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal and torres strait islander; Dental curriculum; Indigenous; Oral health

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CURRICULUM; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL EDUCATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CULTURE; CURRICULUM; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DENTIST-PATIENT RELATIONS; EDUCATION, DENTAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; ORAL HEALTH; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 34547479394     PISSN: 00450421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1834-7819.2007.tb00470.x     Document Type: Article

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