'I can sit and talk to her': Aboriginal people, chronic low back pain and heathcare practitioner communication

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 320-324

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Geraldton Regional Aboriginal Medical Service   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

Author keywords

Back pain; Communication; Population groups

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900489400     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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