Profile of occupational therapy practice in rural and remote South Australia

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 255-261

  Boshoff, Kobie ^a   Hartshorne, Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health profession; Occupational therapist; Questionnaire; Rural service delivery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SKILL;

HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 51349125855     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2008.00988.x     Document Type: Article

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