Comparing patients' perceptions of IMGs and local Australian graduates in rural general practice

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 231-233

  Harding, Catherine ^a   Parajuli, Naresh ^b   Johnston, Luke ^c   Pilotto, Louis ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

^b University of New South Wales ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d Riverina Division of General Practice and Primary Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

Doctor patient relations; General practice; Manpower; Research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FOREIGN WORKER; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; FAMILY PRACTICE; FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES; HUMANS; PATIENTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 77955900763     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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