Where do I go from here: We've got enough seniors?

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 313-320

  Gillham, Selena ^a,b   Ristevski, Eli ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allied health; Career opportunity; Recruitment; Retention; Social inclusion

Indexed keywords

ALLIED HEALTH STUDENT; ARTICLE; CAREER; CAREER MOBILITY; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DENTIST; DIETITIAN; FINANCE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MANAGEMENT; MANAGER; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGIST; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL WORKER; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; CAREER MOBILITY; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; HEALTH FACILITY ADMINISTRATORS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MOTIVATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; STUDENTS, HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; VICTORIA;

EID: 34548316621     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2007.00900.x     Document Type: Article

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