Immigration and the aged care workforce in Australia: Meeting the deficit

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 157-161

  Fine, Michael D ^a   Mitchell, Annette ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged; Health services accessibility; Long term care; Migrant workers; Workforce

Indexed keywords

EID: 36549022668     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2007.00259.x     Document Type: Review

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