The New Zealand national junior doctors' strike: Implications for the provision of acute hospital medical services

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 272-275

  Robinson, Geoffrey ^a,b   McCann, Kieran ^a   Freeman, Peter ^a   Beasley, Richard ^a,b  

^a CAPITAL AND COAST DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NEW ZEALAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acute services; Hospital; Junior doctor; Specialist; Workforce

Indexed keywords

CONSULTATION; EMERGENCY WARD; EMPLOYMENT; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STAFF; NEW ZEALAND; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYSICIAN; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 46949083777     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.8-3-272     Document Type: Short Survey

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