Issues that impact on Aboriginal Health Workers' and Registered Nurses' provision of diabetes health care in rural and remote health settings

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 306-312

  King, Meri ^a   King, Lindy ^a   Willis, Eileen ^b   Munt, Rebecca ^a   Semmens, Frith ^c  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Aboriginal health; Community care; Diabetes management; Health professionals

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY CARE; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS HEALTH CARE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NURSE; NURSING; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; NURSES, COMMUNITY HEALTH; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84888880579     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajr.12062     Document Type: Article

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