"If Only Someone Had Told Me ...": Lessons From Rural Providers

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 122-130

  Chipp, Cody ^a   Dewane, Sarah ^a   Brems, Christiane ^a   Johnson, Mark E ^a   Warner, Teddy D ^b   Roberts, Laura W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Allied health; Health disparities; Qualitative research; Rural health care providers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFESTYLE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SELF CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; NEW MEXICO; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SELF CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 78650777144     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2010.00314.x     Document Type: Article

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