The experience of urban aboriginals with health care services in Canada: Implications for social work practice

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 39, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 165-179

  Levin, Ron ^a   Herbert, Margot ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health care services; Urban Aboriginal consumers

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; CANADA; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; SKILL; SOCIAL WORK; TRAINING; URBAN POPULATION;

AMERICAN NATIVE CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SOCIAL WORK DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84919506060     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v39n01_11     Document Type: Conference Paper

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