Providers' perceptions of Aboriginal palliative care in British Columbia's rural interior

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 483-491

  Castleden, Heather ^a   Crooks, Valorie A ^b   Hanlon, Neil ^c   Schuurman, Nadine ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal people; Access to health care; Inequalities in health and health care; Palliative care; Qualitative research; Rural health care

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CANADA; CAREGIVER; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 77955372125     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2010.00922.x     Document Type: Article

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