Supporting Australia's new veterans

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 102-106

  Gill, Gerard F ^a   Bain, Roderick ^b   Seidl, Colonel Isaac ^c,d  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NSW Returned Services League   (Australia)

^c Australian Defence Force Joint Health Command   (Australia)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CASE MANAGEMENT; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; VETERAN; WAR;

ARMED CONFLICTS; AUSTRALIA; CASE MANAGEMENT; COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; VETERANS;

EID: 84962283645     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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