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KEY FEATURES

The Author is Dean of a JCU Medical School as well as a very experienced rural general practitioner.
Assumes that rural medical issues are best understood through the interpretation of rural medical experience.
A unique text combining frank personal reflections and a series of self-contained academic essays on current issues.
Begins with case scenarios to raise key issues.
Sequential presentation from training for rural practice, through to leaving rural practice.
Covers issues such as:
- the adequacy of rural medical training and professional support,
- becoming a part of a rural community,
- the social and professional relationships in rural communities,
- isolation,
- rural medical emergencies,
- the occasional sense of 'failure',
- the sustaining good experiences,
- a colleague's addiction and incompetence,
- returning to urban practice after rural practice
Fully referenced and indexed
214 pages, Papercover, 180 mm x 250 mm
ISBN 1-86491-009-7, Published July 2002.
Eruditions Publishing RRP AU$ 59.95 (Incl. GST)
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