rural areas
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Setting the agenda
As a federal election looms, it's time to bring major nursing issues to attention. By Louis White On the eve…
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Call to boost rural staff incentives
Nurses will play a leading role in ensuring all Australians get equal access to healthcare – if they get support.…
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Stop bashing the bush
The pluses of working in rural areas have been pushed aside by those who concentrate on the negatives, writes Lisa…
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Mining boom creates health hole
The rapid increase of fly-in fly-out workers in rural areas is posing a number of complex challenges for medical staff.…
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Rural cancer patients have poorer rates of survival
Australian researchers have identified a link between proximity to treatment centres and cancer survival for rural dwellers. People with colorectal…
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Scheme to support rural nurses to gain training
Rural nurses and midwives will be supported in undertaking further training. Nurses and midwives will be supported in undertaking further…
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