Educational and health service needs of Australian general practitioners in managing hepatitis C

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 694-699

  Gupta, Leena ^a,d   Shah, Sangeeta ^b   Ward, Jeanette E ^c  

^a Public Health Unit   (Australia)

^b Division of Population Health   (Australia)

^c Institute of Population Health   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Education; Family practice; Health service needs; Hepatitis; Referral; Viral

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTHORITY; CASE MANAGEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNDING; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SKILL;

EID: 33645857674     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2006.04205.x     Document Type: Article

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