Rural health activism over two decades: The wonca working party on rural practice 1992-2012

Rural and Remote Health

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Couper, I ^a   Strasser, R ^b   Rourke, J ^c   Wynn Jones, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b NORTHERN ONTARIO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Canada)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^d KEELE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health equity; History of medicine; Human resources for health; Rural health; Rural health policy; Rural medical education; Rural practice; WHO; Wonca

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADVISORY COMMITTEE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEADERSHIP; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT ADVOCACY; TRENDS;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADVISORY COMMITTEES; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEADERSHIP; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PATIENT ADVOCACY; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 84938613501     PISSN: 14456354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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