A strategy to increase the palliative care capacity of rural primary health care providers

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 156-161

  Reymond, Liz ^a,c,d,e   Charles, Margaret ^b   Israel, Fiona ^c   Read, Trish ^c   Treston, Pat ^c  

^a QEII Hospital   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Mt Olivet Hospital   (Australia)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Education; Evaluation; GPs; Upskilling; Workshops

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WORKSHOP;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PALLIATIVE CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUEENSLAND; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 22144485547     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1854.2005.00687.x     Document Type: Article

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