Health inequalities, physician citizens and professional medical associations: An Australian case study

BMC Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Furler, John ^a   Harris, Elizabeth ^b   Harris, Mark ^b   Naccarella, Lucio ^a   Young, Doris ^a   Snowdon, Teri ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c ROYAL AUSTRALIAN COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE STUDY; CONSULTATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTERVIEW; JUSTICE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MORALITY; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; ADULT; EDUCATION; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34848847128     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-5-23     Document Type: Article

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