Improving Medication Uptake in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 19, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 372-377

  Davidson, Patricia M ^a,b,c   Abbott, Penny ^c,d   Davison, Joyce ^c,d   DiGiacomo, Michelle ^a,c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Aboriginal Medical Service Western Sydney   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders; Cardiovascular disease; Medication adherence

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMORBIDITY; DRUG COST; DRUG USE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUGS, ESSENTIAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEW SOUTH WALES; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; POPULATION GROUPS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77951160900     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2010.01.010     Document Type: Article

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