Hepatitis C education needs of rural general practitioners working in northern New South Wales

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 152-156

  Fraser, John ^a   Alexander, Christian ^a   Fisher, Karin ^b  

^a New England Area Rural Training Unit   (Australia)

^b New England Public Health Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

Continuing medical education; General practitioners; Hepatitis C; Rural

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT EDUCATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 4444237895     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1854.2004.00588.x     Document Type: Article

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