The viability of general practice in rural Australia

Kamien, Max

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb05964.x

Topics

General medicine

Practical contributions towards solving the medical workforce problems of rural Australia

Discipline of General Practice, University of Western Australia, Claremont, WA.

Correspondence:

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3. West Australian Health Department (M Kamien, Chairman). Report of Ministerial Enquiry into the Recruitment and Retention of Country Doctors in Western Australia. Perth: WA Health Department, 1987.
4. South Australian Health Commission (D Gill, Chairman). Review of general medical practice in South Australia. First report of the joint working party identifying problems and issues in general practice. Adelaide: SA Government Printer, 1988.
5. Strasser RP, Hays RB, Kamien M, Carson D. Is Australian rural practice changing? Aust J Rural Health 2000; 8: 222-226.
6. Best J. Rural health stocktake advisory paper. Available at: www.health.gov.au/mediarel/yr2000/dept/mr20008.htm (accessed Dec 2003).
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