Will the Australian nuclear medicine technologist workforce meet anticipated health care demands?

Australian Health Review

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 282-291

  Adams, Edwina ^a   Schofield, Deborah ^b   Cox, Jennifer ^a,c   Adamson, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Northern Rivers University Department of Rural Health   (Australia)

^c CANCER INSTITUTE NSW   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCINTISCANNING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CAREER CHOICE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 56849122654     PISSN: 01565788     EISSN: 14498944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AH080282     Document Type: Article

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