Task substitution: Where to from here?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 18-19

  Ellis, Niki ^a   Robinson, Lynn ^a   Brooks, Peter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB SATISFACTION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NURSE PRACTITIONER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRODUCTIVITY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROPHYLAXIS; QUALITY CONTROL; RESPONSIBILITY; STAFF TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM; ACCREDITATION; EDUCATION; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NOTE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; STANDARD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CREDENTIALING; FORECASTING; HEALTH MANPOWER; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 33745945674     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00442.x     Document Type: Editorial

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