Our health in our hands: Building effective community partnerships for rural health service provision

Rural Society

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 50-65

  Johns, Susan ^a   Kilpatrick, Sue ^a   Whelan, Jessica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community leadership; Partnership; Rural health; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009541432     PISSN: 10371656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/rsj.351.17.1.50     Document Type: Article

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