Why Australia needs a national college of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 34-36

  Parker, Robert M ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY COLLEGE; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 58249120670     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02260.x     Document Type: Article

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