Physician's assistants: A workforce solution for Australia?

Australian Journal of Primary Health

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-28

  Kurti, Linda ^a   Rudland, Susan ^a   Wilkinson, Rebecca ^a   Dewitt, Dawn ^b   Zhang, Catherine ^a  

^a Urbis Ltd   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

health workforce; Queensland; rural and remote health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; NURSE ATTITUDE; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PILOT STUDY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STAFF TRAINING; WORK SCHEDULE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; PILOT PROJECTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUEENSLAND; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 79952983891     PISSN: 14487527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PY10055     Document Type: Article

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