Disabling chronic low back pain as an iatrogenic disorder: A qualitative study in Aboriginal Australians

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Lin, Ivan B ^a,b   O'Sullivan, Peter B ^b   Coffin, Juli A ^a,c   Mak, Donna B ^d   Toussaint, Sandy ^e   Straker, Leon M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Geraldton Reg Aboriginal Med Serv   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DISABILITY; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISABILITY SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PESSIMISM; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL AREA; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84877752179     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002654     Document Type: Article

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