Task substitution: The view of the Australian Medical Association

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-28

  Yong, Choong Siew ^a  

^a Federal Secretariat   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY CARE; EXPECTATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; SAFETY; SKILL MIX; TEAMWORK;

EID: 33745962459     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00446.x     Document Type: Article

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