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Child Health

‘Sometime they run away, that’s how scared they feel’: The paediatric hospitalisation experiences of Indigenous families from remote areas of Australia

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Pages 3-17 | Received 30 Jul 2004, Accepted 29 Sep 2004, Published online: 17 Dec 2014

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