Gp and registrar involvement in refugee health: A needs assessment

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 405-408

  Duncan, Geraldine ^a   Harding, Catherine ^a   Gilmour, Alison ^b   Seal, Alexa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Emigrants and immigrants; Needsassessment; Rural health; Rural health services

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEW SOUTH WALES; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84880717349     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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