Access to primary care from the perspective of aboriginal patients at an urban emergency department

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 333-348

  Browne, Annette J ^a   Smye, Victoria L ^a   Rodney, Patricia ^a   Tang, Sannie Y ^b   Mussell, Bill ^c   O'Neil, John ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Salishan Institute Society   (Canada)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal people; access to; emergency care; health care; health care disparities; North America; postcolonial theory; primary; users' experiences; vulnerable populations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS; TIME; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952288996     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732310385824     Document Type: Article

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