More than health: The added value of health services in remote Scotland and Australia

Health and Place

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1136-1144

  Prior, M ^a   Farmer, J ^b   Godden, D J ^a   Taylor, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health policy; Health professional roles; Human capital; Rural health; Social capital

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMAN CAPITAL; RURAL SOCIETY; SOCIAL CAPITAL; TYPOLOGY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE STUDY; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AUSTRALIA; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77957672644     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.07.005     Document Type: Article

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