Introduction: Challenges to addressing workforce maldistribution for equitable rural
healthcare access continue, including for dermatology services. The conceptual complexity …

Introduction: Rural healthcare provision is limited in many areas because of workforce
recruitment and retention issues. Pharmacists and social workers are examples of allied …

Background There is consistent evidence highlighting the mal-distribution of the health
workforce between urban and rural and remote regions. To date, addressing this mal …

Objective To examine the effects of dominant knowledge in rural health, including how they
shape issues central to rural health. In particular, this article examines the roles of:(i) deficit …

By first laying out some of the major threads involved in the fabric of rurality and rural care,
we consider the major interrelated issues in rural care provision before reviewing the larger …

The field of rural health in Australia, and elsewhere, is known for its problems-the difficulties
of providing accessible health services, recruiting staff and providing quality healthcare. This …

Objective: This study presents a set of concepts underpinning rural practice that could assist
teaching health and medical students. Outcome: Five concepts, important in distinguishing …

The conceptual understanding of the term 'rural'is a key lens in this paper. However, rural is
not a simple concept, as there is no one set of attributes that represent this complex space …

Over the last two decades reflective practice has become integrated as a goal and process
in professional education and development, influenced primarily by the work of Donald …

This paper provides an overview of rural health discourse in Australia highlighting
contemporary rural health practice, models of care and the challenges experienced in …