Overseas-trained doctors in indigenous rural health services: Negotiating professional relationships across cultural domains

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 512-518

  Durey, Angela ^a   Hill, Peter ^b   Arkles, Rachelle ^c   Gilles, Marisa ^a   Peterson, Katia ^b   Wearne, Susan ^d   Canuto, Condy ^b   Pulver, Lisa Jackson ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Indigenous health services; Overseas trained doctors (OTDs); Remote; Rural

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL SAFETY; FEMALE; FOREIGN WORKER; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEAM BUILDING; TRANSCULTURAL CARE;

EID: 58149302792     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2008.00301.x     Document Type: Article

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