Addressing general practice workforce shortages: Policy options

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 118-121

  Thistlethwaite, Jill E ^a   Leeder, Stephen R ^b   Kidd, Michael R ^a   Shaw, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAREER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FUNDING; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; WORKING TIME;

EID: 49749108221     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01936.x     Document Type: Article

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