General practice: Professional preparation for a pandemic

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 185, Issue 10 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Collins, Nick ^a   Litt, John ^b   Moore, Michael ^c   Winzenberg, Tania ^d   Shaw, Kelly ^e  

^a Leumeah   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Eastern Sydney Division of General Practice   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e Tasmanian Department of Health and Human Services   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; VACCINE;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; EPIDEMIC; EXPERIENCE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PUBLISHING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STAFF TRAINING; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 34147099778     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00711.x     Document Type: Article

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