Royal Flying Doctor Service 'field days': A move towards more comprehensive primary health care

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 308-312

  Hill, Kristy ^a   Harris, Neil ^b  

^a Royal Flying Doctor Service   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capacity building; Community participation; Health service delivery; Primary health care approach; Remote health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL STAFF; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

AVIATION; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUEENSLAND; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 51349107093     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2008.00989.x     Document Type: Article

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