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  • Title: Understanding our patients. An anthropological approach.
    Author: Reid AL.
    Journal: Aust Fam Physician; 1998 Jul; 27 Suppl 2():S99-102. PubMed ID: 9679364.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To provide an accurate description of the views of a suburban population on health, disease and its causes and the provision of medical and other forms of care. A specific purpose of this paper is to draw attention to the relevance of this research methodology and its similarity to general practice. METHOD: An ethnographic study. A discrete Australian coastal suburb with a broad socio-demographic mix. RESULTS: The health beliefs of the population and their views on the delivery of care are briefly summarised. A fuller report is available from the General Practice Evaluation Program--Grant No. 275. CONCLUSIONS: The application of ethnographic methods of Australian suburbia provides new, valid and reliable information which is needed if the health messages and care provided to people are to be relevant.
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