The significance of relational continuity of care for Māori patient engagement with predominantly non-Māori doctors: Findings from a qualitative study

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 120-125

  Reid, Jennifer ^a   Cormack, Donna ^b   Crowe, Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

access; continuity of care; health disparities; primary healthcare; relational continuity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEART; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAORI (PEOPLE); PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGY; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84949465994     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: 17536405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.12447     Document Type: Article

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