Australian and New Zealand radiation oncology work practices in 2000

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 146-151

  Veness, Michael ^a,d   Rikard Bell, Glenys ^b   Ward, Jeanette ^c  

^a Westmead Hosptial ^*  (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evidence based medicine; Subspecialization; Workforce

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EMPLOYMENT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEW ZEALAND; ONCOLOGY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0038480000     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0004-8461.2003.01142.x     Document Type: Article

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