Ethnicity, health and medical care: Towards a critical realist analysis of general practice in the Korean community in Sydney

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 409-430

  Han, Gil Soo ^a   Davies, Carmel ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Critical realism; General practitioners; Health care utilization; Medical care; Migrant health; The Korean community in Australia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUSTRALIA; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMMUNITY CARE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KOREA; MALE; MIGRATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCULTURATION; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CULTURE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ENTREPRENEURSHIP; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; KOREA; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 39049181530     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557850600824054     Document Type: Article

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