Reducing racism in Aboriginal health care in Australia: Where does cultural education fit?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue SUPPL, 2010, Pages

  Durey, Angela ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal health care; Cultural education and training; Racism; Reflective practice

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREJUDICE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RACE RELATIONS;

EID: 77956620864     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00560.x     Document Type: Article

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