Negotiations of distress between East Timorese and Vietnamese refugees and their family doctors in Melbourne

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 511-527

  Kokanovic, Renata ^a   May, Carl ^b   Dowrick, Christopher ^c   Furler, John ^d   Newton, Danielle ^d   Gunn, Jane ^d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Depression; East Timorese; Family doctors; Vietnamese

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFUGEE; TIMOR-LESTE; VIET NAM;

ADULT; EAST TIMOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGOTIATING; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; REFUGEES; VICTORIA; VIETNAM;

EID: 77954097699     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2009.01228.x     Document Type: Article

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