Quiet about pain: Experiences of Aboriginal people in two rural communities

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 181-184

  Strong, Jenny ^a   Nielsen, Mandy ^a   Williams, Michael ^a   Huggins, Jackie ^a   Sussex, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal health; Communication; General Indigenous health; Indigenous health education; Pain management

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUEENSLAND; RURAL POPULATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PAIN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUEENSLAND; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84929515337     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajr.12185     Document Type: Article

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