Defining remote health

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 210-214

  Wakerman, John ^a,b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Remote; Remote health; Remoteness; Rural health; Rurality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CLIMATE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SKILL; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOLOGY; TEAMWORK; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SPECIALISM; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 11844300336     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1854.2004.00607.x     Document Type: Article

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