The scope and impact of community participation: The views of community representatives in an Australian health service

Journal of Health Organization and Management

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 405-421

  Nathan, Sally ^a   Braithwaite, Jeffrey ^b   Stephenson, Niamh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Community participation; Community representation; Consumers; Healthcare; Improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; ROLE PLAYING;

AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; ROLE;

EID: 84907064291     PISSN: 14777266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JHOM-03-2013-0059     Document Type: Article

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