If you can't comply with dialysis, how do you expect me to trust you with transplantation? Australian nephrologists' views on indigenous Australians' 'non-compliance' and their suitability for kidney transplantation

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Anderson, Kate ^a   Devitt, Jeannie ^a   Cunningham, Joan ^b,c   Preece, Cilla ^a   Jardine, Meg ^a   Cass, Alan ^a,c  

^a GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander; Compliance; Indigenous peoples; Kidney transplantation

Indexed keywords

COMPLIANCE; DECISION MAKING; DIABETES; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH WORKER; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEPHROLOGIST; ORGAN DONOR; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RISK FACTOR; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT REFUSAL; ABORIGINE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; INTERVIEW; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; NEPHROLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AUSTRALIA;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; NEPHROLOGY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 84859803535     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-11-21     Document Type: Article

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