Missed opportunities in educating aboriginal Australians about bowel cancer screening: Whose job is it anyway?

Contemporary Nurse

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 59-69

  Christou, Aliki ^a   Thompson, Sandra C ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal health workers; Bowel cancer; Education; Flipchart; Health promotion; Nurses; Screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COLON TUMOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AUSTRALIA; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84899961267     PISSN: 10376178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/conu.2013.46.1.59     Document Type: Article

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