Social accountability in medical education An Australian rural and remote perspective

Medical Teacher

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 654-658

  Worley, Paul ^a   Murray, Richard ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CURRICULUM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HISTORY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AUSTRALIA; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 79960678553     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2011.590254     Document Type: Article

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