Indigenous women's expectations of clinical care during treatment for a gynaecological cancer: Rural and remote differences in expectations

Australian Health Review

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 99-103

  Willis, Eileen M ^a   Dwyer, Judith ^a   Owada, Kei ^b   Couzner, Leah ^a   King, Debra ^c   Wainer, Jo ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 79952147371     PISSN: 01565788     EISSN: 14498944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AH09800     Document Type: Article

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