When the tide goes out: Health workforce in rural, remote and indigenous communities

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-38

  Murray, Richard B ^a,b   Wronski, Ian ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSE PRACTITIONER; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SAFETY; STAFF TRAINING; TEACHING;

EID: 33745942140     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00450.x     Document Type: Article

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