Fly in/fly out health services: The panacea or the problem?

Rural and Remote Health

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Wakerman, J ^a,b   Curry, R ^a,c   McEldowney, R ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Remote Primary Health Care   (Australia)

^c Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CAPACITY BUILDING; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MANPOWER; MEDICAL STAFF; METHODOLOGY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARD; TIME;

AUSTRALIA; CAPACITY BUILDING; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERSONNEL DELEGATION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84867605834     PISSN: 14456354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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