Mental health telemedicine programmes in Australia

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 317-323

  Lessing, Kate ^a   Blignault, Ilse ^b  

^a N Queensland Rural Hlth Train U   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TELECOMMUNICATION;

AUSTRALIA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMAN; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 0035232379     PISSN: 1357633X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/1357633011936949     Document Type: Article

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