New roles in health care: What are the key questions?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 186, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 614-615

  McPherson, Kathryn M ^a   Reid, Duncan A ^a  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; ROLE CHANGE;

EID: 34447268962     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb01075.x     Document Type: Editorial

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