Talking EPC - Speech pathologists views of the enhanced primary care items four years on

Australian Health Review

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-29

  Skeat, Jemma ^a   Morgan, Angela ^a   Nickless, Tristan ^b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Word by Mouth Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; SPEECH DISORDER; STANDARD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY;

EID: 77951885824     PISSN: 01565788     EISSN: 14498944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AH09737     Document Type: Article

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