Understanding, beliefs and perspectives of Aboriginal people in Western Australia about cancer and its impact on access to cancer services

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Shahid, Shaouli ^a   Finn, Lizzie ^a   Bessarab, Dawn ^a   Thompson, Sandra C ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ABORIGINE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INTERVIEW; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 69449103031     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-9-132     Document Type: Article

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