Caring for refugees in general practice: Perspectives from the coalface

Australian Journal of Primary Health

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 85-91

  Farley, Rebecca ^a,b   Askew, Deborah ^a,c   Kay, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Inala Primary Care   (Australia)

^c Inala Indigenous Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; primary health care; qualitative research.

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; COORDINATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFUGEE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AUSTRALIA; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; FOCUS GROUPS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFUGEES;

EID: 84894172619     PISSN: 14487527     EISSN: 18367399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PY12068     Document Type: Article

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