Achieving equitable outcomes for māori women with cervical cancer in New Zealand: Health provider views

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 124, Issue 1334, 2011, Pages 52-62

  McLeod, Melissa ^a   Cormack, Donna ^a   Harris, Ricci ^a   Robson, Bridget ^a   Sykes, Peter ^b   Crengle, Sue ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMMUNICATION SKILL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT CARE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; SMOKING; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79957824306     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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