Service providers' perspectives, attitudes and beliefs on health services delivery for Aboriginal people receiving haemodialysis in rural Australia: A qualitative study

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Rix, Elizabeth F ^a   Barclay, Lesley ^a   Wilson, Shawn ^a   Stirling, Janelle ^a   Tong, Allison ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; CULTURAL SAFETY; DECISION MAKING; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMPOWERMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEMODIALYSIS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLOGIST; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RACISM; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; TRUST;

EID: 84887965129     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003581     Document Type: Article

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