
TY  - JOUR
A1  - O'Neill, Cas 
A1  - Silk, Gerry 
A1  - Lowe, Gillian 
A1  - Lee, Renee 
A1  - Cinar, Sultan 
A1  - Nguyen, Hong 
A1  - Ngo, Binh 
T1  - Chronic Illness and Ethnicity
JF  - Australian Journal of Primary Health
JO  - Aust. J. Prim. Health
Y1  - 2000
VL  - 6
IS  - 2
SP  - 94
EP  - 101
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/PY00023 
N2  - The expectations which both consumers and service providers bring to health care relationships are based on ethnicity and culture, as well as on individual and family characteristics, education and social circumstances. This article looks at the relationship between ethnicity and prevalence of illness; the interplay between ethnicity and social disadvantage; some cultural meanings attributed to illness; and how meanings may affect treatment. Four accounts are given of how two chronic illnesses - asthma and diabetes - may be viewed within the Timorese, Chinese, Turkish and Vietnamese communities. 
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