Workers' compensation forms: A guide for GPs

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 730-733

  Dodgshun, Catherine ^a   Malios, John ^b  

^a Medical Panels Victoria ^*

^b Medical Panels Victoria   (Australia)

Author keywords

Forms; Workers compensation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; MEDICAL RECORD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

AUSTRALIA; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 80053481205     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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