Is the far west Mental Health Integration Project making a difference? The general practitioner perspective

Australian Journal of Primary Health

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 32-37

  Perkins, David ^a   Lyle, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Integration; Mental health; Remote; Rural

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY CARE; EVALUATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL HEALTH INTEGRATION PROJECT; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHIATRIST; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

EID: 29744440675     PISSN: 14487527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PY05040     Document Type: Article

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