Education for rural practice in Canada and Australia

Academic Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 464-469

  Rourke, James T B ^a   Strasser, Roger ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA;

EID: 0029944031     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-199605000-00015     Document Type: Article

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