The perceptions and experiences of people injured in motor vehicle crashes in a compensation scheme setting: A qualitative study Health behavior, health promotion and society

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Murgatroyd, Darnel ^a   Lockwood, Keri ^a   Garth, Belinda ^a   Cameron, Ian D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; COMPENSATION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPENSATION AND REDRESS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; NEW SOUTH WALES; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84946175069     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1739-9     Document Type: Article

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