Delivering culturally appropriate residential rehabilitation for urban Indigenous Australians: A review of the challenges and opportunities

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue SUPPL, 2010, Pages

  Taylor, Kate ^a,b   Thompson, Sandra ^a,b   Davis, Robyn ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Derbarl Yerrigan Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Alcohol and drug; Best practice; Evidence; Indigenous; Residential rehabilitation; Urban

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ALCOHOLISM; AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REHABILITATION CENTER; REVIEW; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; AUSTRALIA; CULTURE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; REHABILITATION CENTERS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77956628970     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00551.x     Document Type: Review

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