Rural general practitioner perspectives of the needs of Māori patients requiring palliative care

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 1315, 2010, Pages 30-36

  Lawrenson, Ross ^a   Smyth, Dot ^b   Kara, Erena ^c   Thomson, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Glenview Medical Centre   (New Zealand)

^c WAIKATO DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAORI; NURSE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; POSTAL MAIL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 77952921853     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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