Supporting an emerging workforce: Characteristics of rural and remote therapy assistants in Western Australia

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 334-339

  Lin, Ivan ^a   Goodale, Belinda ^b   Villanueva, Karen ^c   Spitz, Suzanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Western Australia Country Health Service Kimberley   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allied health; Quality improvement; Rural and remote; Service delivery; Therapy assistant

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MANAGER; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELEGATION, PROFESSIONAL; FORECASTING; HEALTH FACILITY ADMINISTRATORS; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REMOTE CONSULTATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 34548301132     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2007.00917.x     Document Type: Article

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