Strategic approaches to enhanced health service delivery for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with chronic illness: A qualitative study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Aspin, Clive ^a   Brown, Ngiare ^a   Jowsey, Tanisha ^b   Yen, Laurann ^b   Leeder, Stephen ^a  

^a University of Sydney   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREJUDICE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84861921816     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-143     Document Type: Article

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