Non-working dental therapists: Opportunities to ameliorate workforce shortages

Australian Dental Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 22-25

  Kruger, E ^a   Smith, K ^a   Tennant, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dental therapy; Recruitment and retention; Rural; Workforce

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DENTIST; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS;

ADULT; DENTAL STAFF; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 34247545694     PISSN: 00450421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1834-7819.2007.tb00461.x     Document Type: Article

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