I don't think general practice should be the front line: Experiences of general practitioners working with refugees in South Australia

Australia and New Zealand Health Policy

Volumn 5, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Johnson, David R ^a   Ziersch, Anna M ^b   Burgess, Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FUNDING; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; REFUGEE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 51649107092     PISSN: 17438462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-8462-5-20     Document Type: Article

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