Asthma management in rural New South Wales: Perceptions of health care professionals and people with asthma

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 195-200

  Cvetkovski, Biljana ^a   Armour, Carol ^a   Bosnic Anticevich, Sinthia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Barrier; General practitioner; Interview; Patient; Pharmacist

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CONTINUING EDUCATION; FAMILY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHARMACIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL AREA; SELF CONCEPT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ASTHMA; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HUMANS; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHARMACISTS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 68149098548     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2009.01071.x     Document Type: Article

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