Doctor displacement:  a political agenda or  a health care imperative?

Ludbrook, Guy L; Maddern, Guy J

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02461.x

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To the Editor: We read with interest the recent editorial by Van Der Weyden on the issue of doctor displacement.1 We agree completely that a transparent and evidence-based approach to health care roles is essential.

1 Discipline of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA.
2 Department of Surgery, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA.

Correspondence: guy.ludbrook@adelaide.edu.au

1. Van Der Weyden MB. Doctor displacement: a political agenda or a health care imperative [editorial]? Med J Aust 2008; 189: 608-609. <eMJA full text> <MJA full text>
2. Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists. Submission to the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission. May 2008. http://www.anzca.edu.au/news/submissions-to-government/NHHRC.pdf (accessed Feb 2009).

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