Today's profession: Views and practices of private practice dietitians re Medicare Chronic Disease Management program

Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 77-83

  Cant, Robyn P ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allied health; Chronic disease; Dietetics; Medicare; Medicare Chronic Disease Management; Private practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954096434     PISSN: 14466368     EISSN: 17470080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0080.2010.01423.x     Document Type: Article

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