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With good intentions: complexity in unsolicited informal support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. A qualitative study

Date

Authors

Ward, Nathaniel

Jowsey, Tanisha

Haora, Penny

Aspin, Clive

Yen, Laurann

Publisher

BioMed Central Ltd.

Abstract

Background: Understanding people's social lived experiences of chronic illness is fundamental to improving health service delivery and health outcomes, particularly in relation to self-management activity. In explorations of social lived experiences this

Keywords

Keywords: Aborigine; adaptive behavior; adult; aged; article; Australia; caregiver; chronic disease; chronic obstructive lung disease; ethnology; heart failure; human; information processing; middle aged; non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus; psychological aspec Aboriginal; chronic heart failure; chronic illness; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; diabetes; Indigenous; qualitative methods; self-management

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/30093

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

BMC Public Health

Type

Journal article

Access Statement

Open Access

DOI

10.1186/1471-2458-11-686

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