Rural public dental practice in Australia: Perspectives of Tasmanian government-employed dentists

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 257-263

  Cane, Rosemary ^a   Walker, Judi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Access to dental services; Dentist perception; Models of dental service delivery; Recruitment and retention; Rural dental workforce

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL PRACTICE; DENTIST; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; THEORY; UNIVERSITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DENTISTS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCIES; EMPLOYMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TASMANIA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34447335045     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2007.00898.x     Document Type: Article

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