Capability ... what's in a word? Rural Doctors Network of New South Wales Australia is shifting to focus on the capability of rural health professionals

• Main Authors: Alexandra Martiniuk (Author), Richard Colbran (Author), Robyn Ramsden (Author), Mike Edwards (Author), Elizabeth Barrett (Author), Emer O'Callaghan (Author), Ros Bullock (Author), Estrella Lowe (Author), Dave Karlson (Author), John Curnow (Author), Bernadette Gotch (Author), John Kramer (Author), Sharif Bagnulo (Author), Imogene Rothnie (Author), Laura Hardaker (Author), Nicole Turner (Author), Arna Wotherspoon (Author), Chris Russell (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: James Cook University, 2020-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Rural health services, and the workforces that provide those services, are under unprecedented pressure due to insufficient health workforce numbers and distribution of health workforce weighted to urban areas. This creates health service access issues in rural areas, compounding existing health ine...