An Overall Approach to Health Care for Indigenous Peoples

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1239-1242

  King, Malcolm ^a  

^a CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health care; Health disparities; Indigenous peoples; Sociocultural

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTIONALITY; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MENTAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; POLITICS; POPULATION GROUPS; POVERTY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 71849100874     PISSN: 00313955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2009.09.005     Document Type: Review

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