Key informant representations of Maori and other patient fears of accessing general practitioner care for child asthma in Auckland, New Zealand

Health Education

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 88-98

  Buetow, Stephen ^a   Adair, Vivienne ^a   Coster, Gregor ^a   Hight, Makere ^b   Gribben, Barry ^a   Mitchell, ed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Makere Hight is the Maori Consultant   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Access control; Children; Ethnic groups; General practice; New Zealand; Patients expectations

Indexed keywords

EID: 4143107129     PISSN: 09654283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09654280310467717     Document Type: Article

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