Lost opportunities with Australia's health workforce?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 193, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 167-172

  Leach, Matthew J ^a   Segal, Leonie ^a   May, Esther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; DIETITIAN; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; OPTOMETRY; REVIEW; SOCIAL WORKER; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; WORKPLACE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

AUSTRALIA; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PERSONNEL TURNOVER;

EID: 77955755726     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03838.x     Document Type: Review

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