Access Health: Providing primary health care to vulnerable and marginalised populations - A practice paper

Australian Journal of Primary Health

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 32-37

  Rowe, James ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Partnerships; Primary health; Vulnerable populations

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REVIEW;

EID: 25144485485     PISSN: 14487527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PY05019     Document Type: Review

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