Aboriginal-mainstream partnerships: Exploring the challenges and enhancers of a collaborative service arrangement for Aboriginal clients with substance use issues

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Taylor, Kate P ^a   Bessarab, Dawn ^a   Hunter, Lorna ^c   Thompson, Sandra C ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Drug and Alcohol Office   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Health services; Mainstream; Partnerships; Vulnerable populations

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADDICTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY CARE; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REHABILITATION CENTER;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REHABILITATION CENTERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872114314     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-12     Document Type: Article

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