Globalisation, rural restructuring and health service delivery in Australia: Policy failure and the role of social work?

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 195-202

  Alston, Margaret ^a,b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Department of Social Work and Human Services ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Globalisation; Health inequalities; Policy; Rural; Service delivery; Social work

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL WORK;

AUSTRALIA; COMMERCE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 34247362120     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2007.00696.x     Document Type: Article

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