Health sector and industrial reform in Australia

Workplace Reform in the Healthcare Industry: The Australian Experience

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 13-29

  Willis, Eileen ^a   Young, Suzanne ^b   Stanton, Pauline ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84994339040     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230596009     Document Type: Chapter

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