Academic health science centres in Australia: Let's get competitive

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 59-60

  Fisk, Nicholas M ^a   Wesselingh, Steven L ^b   Beilby, Justin J ^c   Glasgow, Nicholas J ^d   Puddey, Ian B ^e   Robinson, Bruce G ^f   Angus, James A ^g   Smith, Peter J ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f University of Sydney   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH SCIENCE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POLITICS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNIVERSITY;

EID: 79951899232     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb04165.x     Document Type: Editorial

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