Trends in the paramedic workforce: A profession in transition

Australian Health Review

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 533-540

  Joyce, Catherine M ^a   Wainer, Jo ^a   Piterman, Leon ^a   Wyatt, Andrea ^a   Archer, Frank ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 73049091394     PISSN: 01565788     EISSN: 14498944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AH090533     Document Type: Letter

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