Ageing well from an urban Indigenous Australian perspective

Australian Occupational Therapy Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-33

  Waugh, Elizabeth ^a   Mackenzie, Lynette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Culture; Health promotion; Identity; Role

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PERCEPTION; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL MARKETING; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL MARKETING; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 78751681142     PISSN: 00450766     EISSN: 14401630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1630.2010.00914.x     Document Type: Article

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